Are We Comparing Yet? : On Standards, Justice, and Incomparability
Saussy, Haun
Are We Comparing Yet? : On Standards, Justice, and Incomparability - Bielefeld, Germany 2019 - 1 electronic resource (112 p.)
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
9783839449776 9783837649772
10.14361/9783839449776 doi
Literary studies: general
Comparison Ethics History Eurocentrism Critique Literature Culture General Literature Studies Cultural Theory Cultural History Cultural Studies Bielefeld University Press
Are We Comparing Yet? : On Standards, Justice, and Incomparability - Bielefeld, Germany 2019 - 1 electronic resource (112 p.)
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
9783839449776 9783837649772
10.14361/9783839449776 doi
Literary studies: general
Comparison Ethics History Eurocentrism Critique Literature Culture General Literature Studies Cultural Theory Cultural History Cultural Studies Bielefeld University Press