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Abstract

The flood of information brought to us by advancing technology is often accompanied by a distressing sense of "information overload," yet this experience is not unique to modern times. In fact, says Ann M. Blair in this intriguing book, the invention of the printing press and the ensuing abundance of books provoked sixteenth- and seventeenth-century European scholars to register complaints very similar to our own. Blair examines methods of information management in ancient and medieval Europe as well as the Islamic world and China, then focuses particular attention on the organization, composition, and reception of Latin reference books in print in early modern Europe. She explores in detail the sophisticated and sometimes idiosyncratic techniques that scholars and readers developed in an era of new technology and exploding information.

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Abstract

Ein von Richard van Dülmen und Sina Rauschenbach herausgegebener Sammelband beschreibt die Entstehung der Wissensgesellschaft. Unsere Gesellschaft schmückt sich gerne mit dem Beinamen "Wissenschaftsgesellschaft". Dass diese "Wissenschaftlichkeit" keine Errungenschaft der Gegenwart ist, zeigt dieses gewichtige Buch, In knapp 30 Beiträgen auf 740 Seiten erläutern verschiedene Autoren von 1450 bis zum Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts. Buchdruck, Universitäten, Alchemie, Bibliotheken oder Enzyklopädisktik - nicht alles ist in den letzten 50 Jahren entstanden. Umfangreiche Register und Literaturangaben ergänzen das Buch, das nicht nur ob seines Umfangs keine "leichte Lektüre" ist.