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Are We Comparing Yet? : On Standards, Justice, and Incomparability /
Debates about the possibility of an open culture - or indeed about the possibility of an open debate about the openness of culture - often turn on questions of standards. But since no benchmark can be absolute, judgement is a proliferation of comparisons. Through a series of case studies in everyday...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
Bielefeld University Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Debates about the possibility of an open culture - or indeed about the possibility of an open debate about the openness of culture - often turn on questions of standards. But since no benchmark can be absolute, judgement is a proliferation of comparisons. Through a series of case studies in everyday and academic comparison (literature, history, politics, philosophy), Haun Saussy calls out the typical vices of comparison and proposes ways to unseat them. For however much it is abused, distorted, and manipulated, comparison retains an essential link to the idea of justice. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (112 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783839449776 3839449774 3837649776 9783837649772 |
| Acceso: | Open Access |