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Informationen zum Autor Willibald Steinmetz is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Bielefeld University. He has published widely on the history of concepts and political communication and is co-editor of the book series European Conceptual History with Berghahn Books. Klappentext In an era defined by daily polls, institutional rankings, and other forms of social quantification, it can be easy to forget that comparison has a long historical lineage. Presenting a range of multidisciplinary perspectives, this volume investigates the concepts and practices of comparison from the early modern period to the present. Each chapter demonstrates how comparison has helped to drive the seemingly irresistible dynamism of the modern world, exploring how comparatively minded assessors determine their units of analysis, the criteria they select or ignore, and just who it is that makes use of these comparisons-and to what ends. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures and Tables Introduction: Concepts and Practices of Comparison in Modern History Willibald Steinmetz Chapter 1. Outlines of a Historical Epistemology of Comparison: From Descartes to the Early Nineteenth Century Michael Eggers Chapter 2. Comparative Practices and their Implications: The Case of Comparative Viewing Johannes Grave Chapter 3. Above/Below, Better/Worse, or Simply Different? Metamorphoses of Social Comparison, 1600-1900 Willibald Steinmetz Chapter 4. Empowering Comparisons? The Making of Republics in the Early Modern Period Lars Behrisch Chapter 5. Comparing Europe and the Americas: The Dispute of the New World between the Sixteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Angelika Epple Chapter 6. European Colonial Empires and Victorian Imperial Exceptionalism Alex Middleton Chapter 7. Comparison and the Welfare State in Modern Europe, c. 1880-1945 Julia Moses Chapter 8. Comparison, Rivalry and Competition under Neo-Liberalism and State Socialism David Priestland Chapter 9. Comparing Economic Activities on a Global Level in the 1920s and 1930s: Motives and Consequences Martin Bemmann Chapter 10. In Search of A Global Centre of Calculation: The Washington Statistical Conferences of 1947 Daniel Speich Chassé Chapter 11. Formalized Comparisons: Rankings and Status in Higher Education Wendy Espeland Chapter 12. Good - Better - Best: The Power of Ranking Orders Bettina Heintz Index ...
