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Historically, all societies have used comparison to analyze cultural difference through the interaction of religion, power, and translation. When comparison is a self-reflective practice, it can be seen as a form of comparatism. Many scholars are concerned in one way or another with the practice and methods of comparison, and the need for a cognitively robust relativism is an integral part of a mature historical self-placement. This volume looks at how different theories and practices of writing and interpretation have developed at different times in different cultures and reconsiders the specificities of modern comparative approaches within a variety of comparative moments. The idea is to reconsider the specificities, the obstacles, and the possibilities of modern comparative approaches in history and anthropology through a variety of earlier and parallel comparative horizons. Particular attention is given to the exceptional role of Athens and Jerusalem in shaping the Western understanding of cultural difference.

001.53 --- 291.11 --- 291.11 Godsdienst:--oorsprong; ontwikkeling; natuur --- Godsdienst:--oorsprong; ontwikkeling; natuur --- 001.53 Vergelijkend wetenschappelijk onderzoek --- Vergelijkend wetenschappelijk onderzoek --- Comparison (Philosophy) --- Religions. --- Anthropology. --- History. --- Comparative religion --- Denominations, Religious --- Religion, Comparative --- Religions, Comparative --- Religious denominations --- World religions --- Civilization --- Gods --- Religion --- Philosophy --- Identity (Philosophical concept) --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Human beings --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences --- Anthropologie. --- Histoire.