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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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Main Author: Saussy, Haun
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld, Germany Bielefeld University Press 2019
Series:BiUP General
Subjects:
General Literature Studies
Culture
Cultural History
Eurocentrism
Critique
Ethics
Literature
Cultural Studies
Comparison
Bielefeld University Press
Literary Studies: General
History
Cultural Theory
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