Comparing the Incomparable

Informationen zum Autor Marcel Detienne is Basil L. Gildersleeve Professor of Classics at Johns Hopkins University. Amongst his books that have appeared in English translation are The Writing of Orpheus (2002), and, with Giulia Sissa, The Daily Life of the Greek Gods (Stanford, 2000). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Marcel Detienne, Marcel/ Lloyd Detienne, Detienne Marcel
• Collaboration: Janet Lloyd (Traduction)
• Edition: Stanford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 26.08.2008
• EAN: 9780804757492
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5749-2
• Pages: 136
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Thèmes: Cultural Memory in the Present; Cultural Memory in the Present
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Ethnologie > Ethnologie