Practices of Comparing | Towards a New Understanding of a Fundamental Human Practice | ISBN 9783837651669

Practices of Comparing

Towards a New Understanding of a Fundamental Human Practice

herausgegeben von Angelika Epple, Walter Erhart und Johannes Grave
Mitwirkende
Herausgegeben vonAngelika Epple
Herausgegeben vonWalter Erhart
Herausgegeben vonJohannes Grave
Buchcover Practices of Comparing  | EAN 9783837651669 | ISBN 3-8376-5166-5 | ISBN 978-3-8376-5166-9
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Practices of Comparing

Towards a New Understanding of a Fundamental Human Practice

herausgegeben von Angelika Epple, Walter Erhart und Johannes Grave
Mitwirkende
Herausgegeben vonAngelika Epple
Herausgegeben vonWalter Erhart
Herausgegeben vonJohannes Grave
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.