Saussy, Haun <br/><br/>
Are We Comparing Yet? : On Standards, Justice, and Incomparability 

 - Bielefeld, Germany  2019 
 - 1 electronic resource (112 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783839449776 9783837649772 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.14361/9783839449776  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Literary studies: general
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Comparison Ethics History Eurocentrism Critique Literature Culture General Literature Studies Cultural Theory Cultural History Cultural Studies Bielefeld University Press