 Chinese encyclopaedia' in which it is written that 'animals are divided into: (a) belonging to the Emperor, (b) embalmed, (c) tame, (d) sucking pigs, (e) sirens, (f) fabulous, (g) stray dogs, (h) included in the present classification, (i) frenzied, (j)...  Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences - Page 131by Geoffrey C. Bowker, Susan Leigh Star - 2000 - 392 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Henry Aaron - Political Science - 2010 - 210 pages
...by Michel Foucault, in which Borges refers to the assertion of a certain Chinese encyclopedia that 'animals are divided into: (a) belonging to the Emperor,...included in the present classification, (i) frenzied, (j) inFaith, Intelligence, and Good Works 173 numerable, (k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush, (1)... | |
 | Richard A. Shweder - Social Science - 1984 - 376 pages
...classification of the world. JL Borges, poet, quotes an ancient Chinese encyclopedia where it is written that: Animals are divided into: (a) belonging to the emperor,...embalmed, (c) tame, (d) sucking pigs, (e) sirens. (0 fabulous, (g) stray dogs, (h) included in the present classification, (i) frenzied, (j) innumerable,... | |
 | Michel de Certeau - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 304 pages
...will be for others. The passage cites "a certain Chinese encyclopaedia" in which it is written that "animals are divided into: a) belonging to the Emperor, b) embalmed, c) tame, d) suckling pigs, e) sirens, f) fabulous, g) stray dogs, h) included in the present classification, i)... | |
 | William Carl Placher - Religion - 1989 - 188 pages
...Jorge Luis Borges had "quoted" from an imaginary Chinese encyclopedia, which classified animals as "(a) belonging to the Emperor, (b) embalmed, (c) tame, (d) sucking pigs, (e) sirens, (0 fabulous, (g) stray dogs, (h) included in the present classification, (i) frenzied, (j) innumerable,... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - Nature - 1990 - 930 pages
...classification Jorge Luis Borges devised, claiming that A certain Chinese encyclopedia divides animals into: a. Belonging to the Emperor b. Embalmed c. Tame...Innumerable k. Drawn with a very fine camel-hair brush I Et cetera m. Having just broken the water pitcher n. That from a long way off look like flies. Friends... | |
 | Quentin Skinner - History - 1990 - 228 pages
...purportedly taken from a certain Chinese encyclopedia, which divides animals into the following categories: (a) belonging to the Emperor, (b) embalmed, (c) tame,...dogs, (h) included in the present classification, (i) innumerable, (k) drawn quency. With the replacement of the category of homicidal monomania by that... | |
 | Carlos Fuentes - Literary Collections - 1988 - 226 pages
...divided into the following categories: a. Belonging to the Emperor b. Embalmed c. Tamed d. Suckling pigs e. Sirens f. Fabulous g. Stray dogs h. Included...Frenzied j. Innumerable k. Drawn with a very fine camel's-hair brush 1. Et cetera m. Having just broken the water pitcher n. That from afar look like... | |
 | Stanley Deetz - Social Science - 1992 - 416 pages
...the system of distinction rather than based on the correct understanding of the nature of the object: "Animals are divided into: (a) belonging to the emperor,...classification, (i) frenzied, (j) innumerable, (k) drawn with a fine camelhair brush, (1) et cetera, (m) having just broken the water pitcher, (n) that from a long... | |
 | Hubert L. Dreyfus - Computers - 1992 - 412 pages
...consider Jorge Luis Borges's story of "a 'certain Chinese encyclopedia' in which it is written that 'animals are divided into: (a) belonging to the Emperor,...classification, (i) frenzied, (j) innumerable, (k) drawn with very fine camelhair brush, (1) et cetera, (m) having broken the water pitcher, (n) that from a long... | |
 | Joseph P. Natoli - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 306 pages
...Liverpool to Blackpool. CHAPTER ELEVEN Mapping the Inconceivable: Disordering Taxonomies "[AJnimals are divided into: (a) belonging to the Emperor, (b)...embalmed, (c) tame, (d) sucking pigs, (e) sirens, (f) stray dogs, (h) included in the present classification, (i) frenzied, (j) innumerable, (k) drawn with... | |
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