Comparing Comparisons

Comparisons form a core process in knowledge creation. We cannot not compare, when reflecting about or studying what concerns or interests us. Meaning derives from comparing. The short essays collected in this volume reflect on aspects, methods, benefits and possible pitfalls of comparisons in the social sciences and humanities. They were originally published as blog entries on the open edition platform Hypotheses between May 2020 and May 2021. We decided to re-publish them in the compact format of an e-book to make them more easily accessible as a set – and therefore more readily comparable.