Document (#22590)

Author

Day, R.E.

Title

Tropes, history, and ethics in professional discourse and information science

Source

Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 51(2000) no.5, S.469-475

Year

2000

Abstract

This article argues that professional discourses tend to align themselves with dominant ideological and social forces by means of language. Tn twentieth century modernity, the use of the trope of 'science' and related terms in professional theory is a common linguistic device through which professions attempt social self-advancement. This article examines how professional discourses, in particular those which are foundational for library and information science theory and practice, establish themselves in culture and project history - past and future - by means of appropriating certain dominant tropes in culture's language. This article suggests that ethical and political choices arise out of the rhetoric and practice of professional discourse, and that these choices cannot be confined to the realm of professional polemics

Theme

Informationsethik

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