Comparing and Change : Orders, Models, Perceptions

Comparisons affect various ways of perceiving and interpreting the world, characterized by distinct legitimization strategies and knowledge application routines by different actors. The contributors to this volume explore the link between change and practices of comparing, focusing on order, represe...

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Autres auteurs: Albert, Mathias (Collaborateur), Benz, Maximilian (Collaborateur), Bohé, Jacob (Collaborateur), Epple, Angelika (Collaborateur), Erhart, Walter (Collaborateur), Eschkötter, Daniel (Collaborateur), Feidicker, Charlotte (Collaborateur), Flüchter, Antje 1969- (Collaborateur), Gutierrez, Angela (Éditeur intellectuel), Kramer, Kirsten 1964- (Collaborateur), Kunkel, Frederic (Collaborateur), Mertens, Rebecca 1984- (Éditeur intellectuel), Müller, Thomas (Collaborateur), Nicholls, Angus (Éditeur intellectuel), Niewöhner, Maria Laura (Collaborateur), Schwandt, Silke 1980- (Collaborateur), Wittmaack, Malte (Collaborateur), SFB 1288 (Autre)
Format: Ebook
Langue:English
Publié: Bielefeld : Bielefeld University Press, [2024]
Sujets:Change Comparison (Philosophy) HISTORY / World
Description matérielle:1 Online-Ressource (282 p.)
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Modeling and Change
  • Modeling, Ordering, Comparing
  • Making Use of Models
  • World Travel Literature
  • Stadial Change and the Emergence of Comparative Studies in German-Speaking Europe Around 1870–1900
  • Modeling Diversity, Comparability, and Change
  • World Political Change
  • “Models of the World”—“Talking about Change”?
  • Rethinking the Model and Modeling
  • Grounds for Comparison
  • A Contingency-sensitive Theory of Global Change
  • Authors