TY  - EDBOOK
AB  - 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.
DA  - 2020
DO  - 10.14361/9783839451663
KW  - : Practices
KW  - Theory
KW  - Comparing
KW  - Comparison
KW  - Historical Change
KW  - Digital Humanities
KW  - Society
KW  - Cultural History
KW  - Literature
KW  - Literary Studies
KW  - Political Sociology
KW  - Sociology of Knowledge
LA  - eng
PY  - 2020
SN  - 978-3-8376-5166-9
TI  - Practices of Comparing. Towards a New Understanding of a Fundamental Human Practice
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29455566
Y2  - 2024-11-22T03:24:56
ER  -