Roy Boyne
Classification
Boyne, Roy
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Abstract
First thoughts about classification inevitably turn to the simultaneously mundane and extraordinary ambition to capture the universe of all that there is and has been. This dream of the universal has two basic modes (and so the process begins!). First, I will follow the spirit of theos and logos as represented by the Platonic embrace of totality enshrined in Socrates’ scrupulous rejection of rhetorical dishonesty. Second, I will address the later part of the march to subjectivity as expressed by the mechanics of atomism and Cartesian reduction. Following this move from theology to ontology, from in other words the post-synthetic to the post-analytic, I will connect with the sociological destruction of such pretensions to absolute classificatory veracity – a necessary pre-requisite for the engagement of reflexivity and classification to be found in the work of Georges Perec.
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Boyne, R. (2006). Classification. Theory, Culture and Society, 23(2-3), 21-30. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276406062529
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2006-05 |
Deposit Date | Aug 15, 2008 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 15, 2008 |
Journal | Theory, Culture and Society |
Print ISSN | 0263-2764 |
Electronic ISSN | 1460-3616 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 23 |
Issue | 2-3 |
Pages | 21-30 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276406062529 |
Keywords | Platonic classification, Cartesian classification, Sociology of classification, Perec. |
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