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oapen-20.500.12657-411912021-08-20T15:06:06Z Practices of Comparing Epple, Angelika Erhart, Walter Grave, Johannes Practices Theory Comparing Comparison Historical Change Digital Humanities Society Cultural History Literature Literary Studies Political Sociology Sociology of Knowledge Bielefeld University Press bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences 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. 2020-08-03T11:13:23Z 2020-08-03T11:13:23Z 2020 book ONIX_20200803_9783839451663_9 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41191 eng application/pdf n/a 9783839451663.pdf Bielefeld University Press Bielefeld University Press 10.14361/9783839451663 10.14361/9783839451663 c03bf030-a9f4-472d-8c22-f28a8788e05e 8a152fd2-0d0a-4230-b77c-3f70f953c761 Bielefeld University Press 406 SFB 1288 open access
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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 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.
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