Angelika (Hrsg.) Epple

Practices of Comparing

Towards a New Understanding of a Fundamental Human Practice

Buch

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 wh… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Erhart, Walter (Hrsg.) / Grave, Johannes (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-3-8376-5166-9
EAN: 9783837651669
Produktnummer: 33103680
Verlag: Bielefeld University Pres
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 402 S.
Masse: H22.6 cm x B15.1 cm x D3.1 cm 630 g
Abbildungen: Klebebindung, 72 Farbabbildungen
Gewicht: 630

Über den Autor

Angelika Epple, born 1966, is vice-rector for International Affairs and Diversity at Bielefeld University and teaches history with a focus on the history of the 19th and 20th century. Since January 2017, she has been the spokesperson of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 1288 Practices of Comparing. She has broadly published on the history of globalization/s, theory of history, and historiography.Walter Erhart,born 1959, teaches German literature at Bielefeld University. Since 2017, he has been vice-speaker of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 1288 Practices of Comparing. His research focuses on German literature from the 18th to the 20th century and practices of comparing in world travel literature and in autobiographical writing.Johannes Grave, born 1976, is professor of art history at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena and principal investigator at the collaborative research centre Practices of Comparing. For his research on art around 1800, early renaissance painting and picture theory he has been awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis 2020.