Regimes of comparatism : frameworks of comparison in history, religion and anthropology /
Historically, all societies have used comparison to analyze cultural difference through the interaction of religion, power, and translation. When comparison is a self-reflective practice, it can be seen as a form of comparatism. Many scholars are concerned in one way or another with the practice and...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Boston, MA :
Brill,
2018.
Series:
Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture
24.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390898.
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Call Number: BL80.3
| Summary: | Historically, all societies have used comparison to analyze cultural difference through the interaction of religion, power, and translation. When comparison is a self-reflective practice, it can be seen as a form of comparatism. Many scholars are concerned in one way or another with the practice and methods of comparison, and the need for a cognitively robust relativism is an integral part of a mature historical self-placement. This volume looks at how different theories and practices of writing and interpretation have developed at different times in different cultures and reconsiders the specificities of modern comparative approaches within a variety of comparative moments. The idea is to reconsider the specificities, the obstacles, and the possibilities of modern comparative approaches in history and anthropology through a variety of earlier and parallel comparative horizons. Particular attention is given to the exceptional role of Athens and Jerusalem in shaping the Western understanding of cultural difference. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9789004387638 |