Paul Otlet was a Belgian, *1868, died 1944, who perfected the Dewey Classification system as "the Universal Decimal Classification", in his lifetime alone totalling 17 million index cards ... See full synopsis
L'homme qui voulait classer le monde (2002) Online
- Original Title :
- Lu0027homme qui voulait classer le monde
- Genre :
- Movie / Documentary
- Year :
- 2002
- Directror :
- Françoise Levie
- Cast :
- Michel Guillou,Manuela Servais
- Writer :
- Françoise Levie,Benoît Peeters
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 1h
- Rating :
- 7.4/10
Paul Otlet was a Belgian, *1868, died 1944, who perfected the Dewey Classification system as "the Universal Decimal Classification", in his lifetime alone totalling 17 million index cards of human knowledge. Seeing the complexity of human knowledge as an almost eternal subdivision of topics, he believed that accessibility to all knowledge for all contained it itself the road to peace for all of humankind. Most of his professional life he harbored the dream of a Universal City, a focus for "harmonious, pacifist and progressive civilization", which he shared with an American artist, Hendrik Christian Andersen.When Andersen in the mid-30's turned to the Italian dictator Mussolini for support to build the city, Otlet turned away in disgust, but soon found renewed support in the great architect Le Corbusier, who drew up plans and assisted him to until the very end.Paul Otlet can be said to be among the chief architects behind the League of Nations (founded as a result of the Paris Peace ...
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Michel Guillou | - | (voice) |
| Manuela Servais | - | (voice) |