The Force of Comparison

The Force of ComparisonIn 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,

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and evidence-based teaching

Fritjof Capra on the new paradigms

life in Petrograd and the countryside

zinc and vitamin A

covering point-in-time mitigation strategies and those with residual effects

despite originating in pre-‘modern’ customs

and the processes and mechanisms through which order was maintained

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Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh rediscovers the feminine side of the words and actions of the founders of Sikhism

Sylvie and Bruno (1889) is a novel by Lewis Carroll

ranging from its use as a means of measuring soil texture and structure