Veranstaltungen

25 Jun 2021
15:00

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Veranstalter:
Universitx of Edinburg

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Book Launch: Liberating Comparisons? Reconsidering Comparative Approaches

Online event

What is comparison? How can it shape our thinking and research? Can it help us think in new ways about the world around us?

In this exciting new e-book, seventeen researchers from across the humanities and social sciences come together to reflect on comparison, and the role that it can play in research and practice today. Liberating Comparisons starts from the premise that comparative approaches are a potentially powerful means of disrupting and deepening our understandings of the world, pushing us to adapt existing theories and build new ones. In order to realise this potential, however, we need to think critically about the terms of our comparisons and how we pursue them. Through a series of accessible, engaging chapters, the book's contributors offer honest reflections and timely insights into the potential of comparison, and its limits. Their discussions drawn on examples from Chile, India, Italy, Nigeria, South Africa, the UK, and the US.


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