Practices of Comparing : Towards a New Understanding of a Fundamental Human Practice /

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Practices of comparing shape how we perceive, organize, and change the world. Supposedly innocent, practices of comparing play a decisive role in forming categories, boundaries, and hierarchies; but they can also give an impetus to question and change such structures. Like almost no other human prac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Epple, Angelika (Editor ), Erhart, Walter (Editor ), Grave, Johannes (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Bielefeld University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Digital humanities.
Literature.
Political sociology.
Literature
Bielefeld University Press.
Comparing.
Comparison.
Cultural History.
Digital Humanities.
Historical Change.
Literary Studies.
Political Sociology.
Society.
Sociology of Knowledge.
Theory.
Sciences humaines numériques.
Littérature.
Sociologie politique.
digital humanities.
HISTORY / Social History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Practices of comparing shape how we perceive, organize, and change the world. Supposedly innocent, practices of comparing play a decisive role in forming categories, boundaries, and hierarchies; but they can also give an impetus to question and change such structures. Like almost no other human practice, comparing pervades all social, political, economic, and cultural spheres. This volume outlines the program of a new research agenda that places comparative practices at the center of an interdisciplinary exploration. Its contributions combine case studies with overarching systematic considerations. They show what insights can be gained and which further questions arise when one makes a seemingly trivial practice - comparing - the subject of in-depth research.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (406 p.)
ISBN:9783839451663
3839451663

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