Under which King, Bezonian? Literary Studies between Hermeneutics and Quantification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21782352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Franco Moretti (0000-0002-7941-8092, Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Pages | 315-328 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Porównania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1733-165X • E-ISSN: 1733-165X |
| Publisher | Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14746/por.2020.1.18 |
| OpenAlex | W3041185865 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
What is the relationship between the quantitative literary history of the past twenty years and the older hermeneutic tradition? Answers have typically been of two kinds: for many in the interpretive camp, the two approaches are incompatible, and the newer one has little or no critical value; for most quantitative researchers, they are instead perfectly compatible, and in fact complementary. Here, I will propose a thirdpossibility, that will emerge step by step from a comparison of how the two strategies work. How they work, literally; in the conviction that practices – what we learn to do by doing, by professional habit, and often without being fully aware of what we are doing – have frequently larger theoretical implications than theoretical statements themselves. In other words: understanding what a research paradigm does, ratherthan what it declares it wants to do. This is the plan
Conviction · Epistemology · Habit · Hermeneutics · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Data Visualization and Analytics · Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |