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Willibald Steinmetz

    December 3, 1957
    Europa im 19. Jahrhundert
    Begegnungen vor Gericht
    Das Sagbare und das Machbare
    The Force of Comparison
    Private law and social inequality in the industrial age
    Writing political history today
    • 2019

      The Force of Comparison

      A New Perspective on Modern European History and the Contemporary World

      • 354 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Exploring the historical lineage of comparison, this volume offers multidisciplinary insights into its role from the early modern period to today. Each chapter examines how comparison fuels the dynamism of the modern world, detailing the methods by which assessors choose their units of analysis and criteria. It also delves into the implications of these comparisons, revealing who utilizes them and for what purposes, highlighting the pervasive influence of social quantification in contemporary society.

      The Force of Comparison
    • 2013

      Writing political history today

      • 450 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Die neue Politikgeschichte hat die enge Definition von »Politik« hinter sich gelassen. Die Autorinnen und Autoren des Bandes verstehen das Politische als einen dynamischen Kommunikationsraum, dessen Grenzen und Inhalte beständig ausgehandelt werden – durch verbale, symbolische und teils auch gewalthafte Kommunikation. Diese Grenzziehungen und Kommunikationsformen werden an ausgewählten Beispielen dargestellt, um schließlich die Frage zu beantworten, was auf der Agenda einer künftigen historischen Politikforschung stehen sollte.

      Writing political history today
    • 2000

      The essays assembled here explore how private law historically helped to maintain, change, or upset inequalities common to all industrialized countries. The book deals with relations between lords and peasants, husbands and wives, masters and servants, landlords and tenants, and producers andconsumers.

      Private law and social inequality in the industrial age