by Roger Chartier · GEDISA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474324983
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In 'The Order of Books', Roger Chartier explores the evolution of reading, authorship, and libraries in Europe between the 14th and 18th centuries. This essay analyzes how the West attempted to control the proliferation of manuscript and printed texts, classifying works and assigning destinations to texts in order to order the written world. Chartier examines the invention of the author as a principle of textual designation and the ideal of a universal library, highlighting how these innovations transformed the relationship with texts and established a new order. Despite these efforts, the freedom of readers persists, challenging and reformulating imposed interpretations.
Roger Chartier is a French historian and historiographer who is part of the Annales school. He works on the history of books, publishing and reading. He teaches at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, the Collège de France, and the University of Pennsylvania.
