Conditions of Comparison

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Conditions of Comparison

Reflections on Comparative Intercultural Inquiry

Translation and interpretation Literary theory

Author: Ming Xie

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Language: English

Published by: Continuum

Published on: 4th August 2011

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 224 pages

ISBN: 9781441106995


How do we know the other culture?

How do such inquiries impact on our knowledge of our own culture? These questions lie at the heart of comparative intercultural studies.

Conceptual Resources and Perspectives

As a theoretical inquiry into how conceptual resources of cultures (such as explicit and implicit categories of thought) may pre-figure our perspectives, this book re-conceives and reorients comparative intercultural inquiry by arguing for the importance of an epistemological approach and for its potential to transform current critical paradigms, in contrast to approaches that emphasize primarily the political and the ethical.

Engagement with Scholars and Traditions

By critically engaging with and developing the insights of scholars and thinkers from both Anglo-American and Continental traditions, the book makes a significant meta-critical contribution to a rethinking of comparative intercultural studies and literary theory.

Intended Audience

It will be of interest to students and scholars in comparative literature, English, world literature, and global and translation studies.

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