Lorraine Daston - Rules
Lorraine Daston - Rules A panoramic history of rules in the Western worldRules order almost every aspect of our lives. We may chafe under the rules we have, and yearn for ones we don't, yet no…
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Lorraine Daston - Rules
A panoramic history of rules in the Western worldRules order almost every aspect of our lives. We may chafe under the rules we have, and yearn for ones we don't, yet no culture could do without them. They set our work hours, dictate how we drive and set the table, tell us whether to offer an extended hand or cheek in greeting, and organize the rites of life, from birth through death.
Drawing on a rich trove of examples, including legal treatises, cookbooks, military manuals, traffic regulations, and game handbooks, Daston demonstrates that while the content of rules is dazzlingly diverse, the forms that they take are surprisingly few and long-lived.Daston uncovers three enduring kinds of rules: the algorithms that In Rules, historian Lorraine Daston traces their development in the Western tradition and shows how rules have evolved from ancient to modern times.