Comparing the Incomparable

by Marcel Detienne

Book Overview

In Comparing the Incomparable, Marcel Detienne challenges the cordoning off of disciplines that prevent us from asking trans-cultural questions that would permit one society to shed light on another. Some years ago, he undertook the study of "construction sites" grouped around general questions to be put to historians and ethnologists about their particular areas of expertise. Four of these comparative experiments are presented in the chapters...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804757496
• ISBN13: 9780804757492
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"