{"product_id":"regimes-of-comparatism-9789004387621","title":"Regimes of Comparatism","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nContributors are: Matei Candea, Philippe Descola, Renaud Gagné, Simon Goldhill, Anthony Grafton, Caroline Humphrey, Dmitri Levitin, Geoffrey Lloyd, Joan-Pau Rubiés, Jonathan Sheehan, Marilyn Strathern, Guy Stroumsa, and Phiroze Vasunia.","brand":"Renaud Gagné","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48310350774523,"sku":"9789004387621","price":312.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_36923f2f-8129-4c1d-adcd-58ba2c5f7acc.jpg?v=1774775437","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/regimes-of-comparatism-9789004387621","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}