Are We Comparing Yet?: On Standards, Justice, and Incomparability

Debates about the possibility of an open culture - or indeed about the possibility of an open debate about the openness of culture - often turn on questions of standards. But since no benchmark can be absolute, judgement is a proliferation of comparisons. Through a series of case studies in everyday...

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Beteilige Person: Saussy, Haun (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Bielefeld Bielefeld University Press 2019
Ausgabe:1st ed
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Links:https://elibrary.utb.de/doi/book/10.5555/9783839449776
Zusammenfassung:Debates about the possibility of an open culture - or indeed about the possibility of an open debate about the openness of culture - often turn on questions of standards. But since no benchmark can be absolute, judgement is a proliferation of comparisons. Through a series of case studies in everyday and academic comparison (literature, history, politics, philosophy), Haun Saussy calls out the typical vices of comparison and proposes ways to unseat them. For however much it is abused, distorted, and manipulated, comparison retains an essential link to the idea of justice
Beschreibung:transcript Verlag
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (112 Seiten)
ISBN:9783839449776