Comparing the incomparable / Marcel Detienne ; translated by Janet Lloyd.

Author/creator Detienne, Marcel
Other author Lloyd, Janet.
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxv, 108 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

Uniform titleComparer l'incomparable. English
SeriesCultural memory in the present
Cultural memory in the present. ^A403800
Contents Should an anthropologist happen to meet a historian -- Constructing comparables -- Setting a variety of regimes of historicity in perspective -- Experimenting in the field of polytheisms -- From assembly practices to forms of politics : a comparative approach.
General note"Comparing the Incomparable was originally published in French in 2000 under the title Comparer l'incomparable 2000, Éditions du Seuil"--T.p. verso.
General noteTranslated from the French.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [101]-108).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007051704
ISBN9780804757492 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804757496 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780804757508 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN080475750X (pbk. : alk. paper)