The Force of Comparison
A New Perspective on Modern European History and the Contemporary World
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Exploring the historical lineage of comparison, this volume offers multidisciplinary insights into its role from the early modern period to today. Each chapter examines how comparison fuels the dynamism of the modern world, detailing the methods by which assessors choose their units of analysis and criteria. It also delves into the implications of these comparisons, revealing who utilizes them and for what purposes, highlighting the pervasive influence of social quantification in contemporary society.
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The Force of Comparison, Willibald Steinmetz
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- Rok vydania
- 2019
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- Titul
- The Force of Comparison
- Podtitul
- A New Perspective on Modern European History and the Contemporary World
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Willibald Steinmetz
- Vydavateľ
- Berghahn Books
- Rok vydania
- 2019
- Väzba
- pevná
- Počet strán
- 354
- ISBN13
- 9781789203356
- Kategórie
- Dejiny / História
- Anotácia
- Exploring the historical lineage of comparison, this volume offers multidisciplinary insights into its role from the early modern period to today. Each chapter examines how comparison fuels the dynamism of the modern world, detailing the methods by which assessors choose their units of analysis and criteria. It also delves into the implications of these comparisons, revealing who utilizes them and for what purposes, highlighting the pervasive influence of social quantification in contemporary society.