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Comparing and Change: Orders, Models, Perceptions
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Abstract Comparisons affect various ways of perceiving and interpreting the world, characterized by distinct legitimization strategies and knowledge application routines by different actors. The contributors to this volume explore the link between change and practices of comparing, focusing on order, represe... view more
Comparisons affect various ways of perceiving and interpreting the world, characterized by distinct legitimization strategies and knowledge application routines by different actors. The contributors to this volume explore the link between change and practices of comparing, focusing on order, representation, and models. They delve into how comparing influences knowledge production, but also focus on persisting orders of knowledge. This collection centers on the role of models and modeling in relation to practices of comparing, thus highlighting the representational and operational force of comparing as a way to form and organize reality.... view less
Keywords
comparison; knowledge production; model; cultural history; world history; science; art history; social history
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
History
Free Keywords
Practices of Comparing; Knowledge; Strategies of Legitimation; Change
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Publisher
Bielefeld University Press
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
279 p.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839472668
ISBN
978-3-8394-7266-8
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0