Are We Comparing Yet? On Standards, Justice, and Incomparability
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bielefeld, Germany
Bielefeld University Press
2019
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| Series: | BiUP General
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| Collection: | OAPEN - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), by-nc-nd/4.0/, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Physical Description: | 112 p. |
| ISBN: | 9783839449776 9783837649772 |