The Order of Things

non-fiction work by Michel Foucault
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The Order of Things

Summary

The Order of Things is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (282 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Order of Things's field of work was philosophy[3].
  • The Order of Things authored Michel Foucault[4].
  • The Order of Things received the Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century[5].
  • The Order of Things's instance of is recorded as written work[6].
  • The Order of Things's publisher is recorded as Éditions Gallimard[7].
  • The Order of Things's genre is recorded as essay[8].
  • The Order of Things's follows is recorded as The Birth of the Clinic[9].
  • The Order of Things's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 191651687[10].
  • The Order of Things's GND ID is recorded as 4204430-3[11].
  • The Order of Things's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 135470526[12].
  • The Order of Things's place of publication is recorded as Paris[13].
  • The Order of Things's language of work or name is recorded as French[14].
  • The Order of Things's country of origin is recorded as France[15].
  • The Order of Things's publication date is recorded as +1966-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • The Order of Things's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d7xv8[17].
  • The Order of Things's Open Library ID is recorded as OL26865W[18].
  • The Order of Things's has edition or translation is recorded as Slova a věci[19].
  • The Order of Things's has edition or translation is recorded as Q126707946[20].
  • The Order of Things's main subject is recorded as human science[21].
  • The Order of Things's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 9798[22].
  • The Order of Things's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Order-of-Things[23].
  • The Order of Things's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Les Mots et les Choses'}[24].
  • The Order of Things's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Une archéologie des sciences humaines'}[25].
  • The Order of Things's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as les-mots-et-les-choses[26].
  • The Order of Things's OCLC work ID is recorded as 18215588[27].

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Designation and Status

The Order of Things's instance of is recorded as written work[6].

Why It Matters

The Order of Things ranks in the top 4% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (282 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did The Order of Things receive?

Honors received include Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [3] . iep.utm.edu. iep.utm.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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