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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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Foreword. Toward a constructive comparativism: Between historians and anthropologists ix i Should an anthropologist happen to meet a historian I 2 Constructing comparables 22 3 Setting a variety of regimes of historicity in perspective 40 4 Experimenting in the field of polytheisms 57 5 From assembly practices to forms of politics: A comparative approach 79 Notes Ioi

Comparing the Incomparable

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    A Hardback by Marcel Detienne, Janet Lloyd

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/08/2008
      ISBN13: 9780804757492, 978-0804757492
      ISBN10: 0804757496

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword. Toward a constructive comparativism: Between historians and anthropologists ix i Should an anthropologist happen to meet a historian I 2 Constructing comparables 22 3 Setting a variety of regimes of historicity in perspective 40 4 Experimenting in the field of polytheisms 57 5 From assembly practices to forms of politics: A comparative approach 79 Notes Ioi

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