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oapen-20.500.12657-539332022-04-12T02:52:34Z Imagining Unequals, Imagining Equals Davy, Ulrike Flüchter, Antje Human Rights Equality Discrimination Comparison India Law Ethics Global History Sociology of Law Cultural History Bielefeld University Press bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBG General & world history bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LA Jurisprudence & general issues::LAQ Law & society bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTB Social & cultural history Why did »equality« become prominent in European societies based on hierarchy during the Enlightenment? What does »equality« imply for societies, politics, or legal systems? The contributors to this volume draw on various historical case studies, from visionary practices in revolutionary France and the collection of data on the poor in 19th-century Germany, to claims raised under the minority regime of the League of Nations and the anti-discrimination politics of the UN and India. The dynamics of universalizing equality are contrasted with a concept asserting that equality must be limited to and by order. The contributions thus explore concepts of equality from the perspectives of history and law and show that practices of comparing were essential when it came to imagining others as equal, fighting discrimination, or scandalizing social inequalities. 2022-04-11T13:02:44Z 2022-04-11T13:02:44Z 2022 book ONIX_20220411_9783839458877_10 9783839458877 9783837658873 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/53933 eng Architekturen application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9783839458877.pdf Bielefeld University Press Bielefeld University Press 10.1515/9783839458877 10.1515/9783839458877 c03bf030-a9f4-472d-8c22-f28a8788e05e 631ac483-8bae-460f-9987-c3f4e4b98bb5 9783839458877 9783837658873 Bielefeld University Press 64 258 Bielefeld SFB 1288 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) open access
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Why did »equality« become prominent in European societies based on hierarchy during the Enlightenment? What does »equality« imply for societies, politics, or legal systems? The contributors to this volume draw on various historical case studies, from visionary practices in revolutionary France and the collection of data on the poor in 19th-century Germany, to claims raised under the minority regime of the League of Nations and the anti-discrimination politics of the UN and India. The dynamics of universalizing equality are contrasted with a concept asserting that equality must be limited to and by order. The contributions thus explore concepts of equality from the perspectives of history and law and show that practices of comparing were essential when it came to imagining others as equal, fighting discrimination, or scandalizing social inequalities.
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