Comparing the Incomparable
- ISBN-10
- 080475750X
- ISBN-13
- 9780804757508
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 108
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cultural Memory in the Present
- Author
- Marcel Detienne
Description
A deliberately post-deconstructionist manifesto against the dangers of incommensurability, Marcel Detienne's book argues for and engages in the constructive comparison of societies of a great temporal and spatial diversity.
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