Reisen und Vergleichen

• Peters, Christine ^[1]
  1. [1] Bielefeld University

     Bielefeld University

     Kreisfreie Stadt Bielefeld, Alemania

     
• Localización: Internationales Archiv für Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur, ISSN 0340-4528, Vol. 42, Nº. 2, 2017, págs. 441-465
• Idioma: alemán
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• Resumen

  • In their travelogues, both Humboldt and Krusenstern employ global comparisons as powerful and versatile epistemological devices. While these comparisons usually fall back upon Eurocentric ideas of art, politics, society, and beauty - thereby frequently establishing European superiority over the chosen objects of comparison - they also transform formerly unrelated pieces of information into coherent knowledge concerning the world as a whole. This contribution inquires how these practices of comparison generate explanations of both natural and cultural matters