Sapere aude (said Kant): the bibliography, an order of discourse of the 20th century?

Abstract

Introduction: the historical and theoretical reflection puts in question the condition of Bibliography in the twentieth century, considered as the great century of books, from the Italian bibliographical thought. Objectives: to discuss the place of Bibliography in the twentieth century and its socio-historical determinants. Methodology: from bibliographical nature, the study was constituted as a historical work, of theoretical background, having as an argument the discourse of Kant, guided by the maxim " to have the courage to know". Results and conclusions: the reflection leads us to a discussion about the Bibliography, the book and the transformations of contemporary digital social networks, explaining the contradictions of the interpretation of such phenomena in historical time, and demarcating Bibliography as a memory of writing and the book as a kind of absolute entity.