{"id":16899,"date":"2019-10-22T19:20:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T19:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=16899"},"modified":"2019-10-22T19:26:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T19:26:38","slug":"the-force-of-comparison-a-new-perspective-on-modern-european-history-and-the-contemporary-world-edited-by-willibald-steinmetz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=16899","title":{"rendered":"The Force of Comparison: A New Perspective on Modern European History and the Contemporary World. Edited by Willibald Steinmetz"},"content":{"rendered":"

U rujnu 2019. godine objavljen je zbornik o fenomenu komparacije kao sredi\u0161njoj pokreta\u010dkoj snazi koja je doprinosila \u2013 i jo\u0161 uvijek to \u010dini \u2013 dinamiziranju moderne europske povijesti i suvremenog svijeta.<\/p>\n

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The Force of Comparison<\/strong><\/p>\n

A New Perspective on Modern European History and the Contemporary World<\/strong><\/p>\n

Willibald Steinmetz<\/p>\n

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354 pages, 14 illus., bibliog., index<\/p>\n

September\u00a02019<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/title\/SteinmetzForce<\/a><\/p>\n

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Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBy studying practices of comparison both in historical reality and in the study of history, this book offers fresh and surprising insights into a much-discussed subject. The contributions are empirically rich, well-documented, and of great interest for many areas in history and other fields.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 J\u00fcrgen Kocka<\/strong>, WZB Berlin Social Science Center<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an excellent collection of essays. Its scholarship is of a high standard, it demonstrates a degree of conceptual unity that is unusual for edited volumes, and it does a splendid job of vindicating the argument for the ubiquitous importance of comparison in modern life and thought.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Luke O\u2019Sullivan<\/strong>, National University of Singapore<\/p>\n

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Description<\/strong><\/p>\n

In an era defined by daily polls, institutional rankings, and other forms of social quantification, it can be easy to forget that comparison has a long historical lineage. Presenting a range of multidisciplinary perspectives, this volume investigates the concepts and practices of comparison from the early modern period to the present. Each chapter demonstrates how comparison has helped to drive the seemingly irresistible dynamism of the modern world, exploring how comparatively minded assessors determine their units of analysis, the criteria they select or ignore, and just who it is that makes use of these comparisons\u2014and to what ends.<\/p>\n

Willibald Steinmetz<\/strong> is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Bielefeld University. He has published widely on the history of concepts and political communication and is co-editor of the book series European Conceptual History<\/em><\/a> with Berghahn Books<\/p>\n

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Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n

List of Figures and Tables<\/p>\n

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Introduction:<\/strong> Concepts and Practices of Comparison in Modern History<\/a>
\nWillibald Steinmetz<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 1.<\/strong> Outlines of a Historical Epistemology of Comparison: From Descartes to the Early Nineteenth Century
\nMichael Eggers<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 2.<\/strong> Comparative Practices and their Implications: The Case of Comparative Viewing
\nJohannes Grave<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 3.<\/strong> Above\/Below, Better\/Worse, or Simply Different? Metamorphoses of Social Comparison, 1600\u20131900
\nWillibald Steinmetz<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 4.<\/strong> Empowering Comparisons? The Making of Republics in the Early Modern Period
\nLars Behrisch<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 5. <\/strong>Comparing Europe and the Americas: The Dispute of the New World between the Sixteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
\nAngelika Epple<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 6.<\/strong> European Colonial Empires and Victorian Imperial Exceptionalism
\nAlex Middleton<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 7.<\/strong> Comparison and the Welfare State in Modern Europe, c. 1880\u20131945
\nJulia Moses<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 8.<\/strong> Comparison, Rivalry and Competition under Neo-Liberalism and State Socialism
\nDavid Priestland<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 9.<\/strong> Comparing Economic Activities on a Global Level in the 1920s and 1930s: Motives and Consequences
\nMartin Bemmann<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 10.<\/strong> In Search of A Global Centre of Calculation: The Washington Statistical Conferences of 1947
\nDaniel Speich Chass\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 11.<\/strong> Formalized Comparisons: Rankings and Status in Higher Education
\nWendy Espeland<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 12.<\/strong> Good \u2013 Better \u2013 Best: The Power of Ranking Orders
\nBettina Heintz<\/em><\/p>\n

Index<\/p>\n

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