Comparing Comparisons
Political Implications of Different Notions of Difference
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12888228 |
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| Authors | Glenn Odom (0000-0002-6073-9646, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-26 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Critical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-1854 • E-ISSN: 1750-0109 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/ccs.2016.0184 |
| OpenAlex | W2333580090 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
With the rise of the American world literature movement, questions surrounding the politics of comparative practice have become an object of critical attention. Taking China, Japan and the West as examples, the substantially different ideas of what comparison ought to do – as exhibited in comparative literary and cultural studies in each location – point to three distinct notions of the possible interactions between a given nation and the rest of the world. These contrasting ideas can be used to reread political debates over concrete juridical matters, thereby highlighting possible resolutions. This work follows the calls of Ming Xie and David Damrosch for a contextualization of different comparative practices around the globe
Aesthetics · China · Contextualization · Epistemology · Globe · Linguistics · Object (grammar · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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