Reisen und Vergleichen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14710672 |
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| Authors | Christine Peters (0000-0002-6542-4555, Bielefeld University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 2017 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Internationales Archiv für Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0340-4528 • E-ISSN: 1865-9128 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/iasl-2017-0021 |
| OpenAlex | W2770278359 |
| Language | EN |
In their travelogues, both Humboldt and Krusenstern employ global comparisons as powerful and versatile epistemological devices. While these comparisons usually fall back upon Eurocentric ideas of art, politics, society, and beauty – thereby frequently establishing European superiority over the chosen objects of comparison – they also transform formerly unrelated pieces of information into coherent knowledge concerning the world as a whole. This contribution inquires how these practices of comparison generate explanations of both natural and cultural matters
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Beauty · Political science · Politics · Alexander von Humboldt Studies · German Colonialism and Identity Studies · German Literature and Culture Studies · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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