encyclopedia

In contrast to scientific or humanities textbooks reflect a encyclopedia always a certain power structure. For the reason that somebody has to deceide who's voice will be heard and whos not.
The old French »Encyclopedistes« exclude all information from official clerical authorities and the royal insitutions. They build up a new order of knowledge from underground. This was not a accident, they know what they did and they had a plan back then. Our current age waits desperatle for a smiliar opportunity to express themselves.
The internet is it.
Currently, the new order of knowledge of the internet lacks actual social power but this will change. Maybe not in this century but in the future.