from Part II - The People as Agents and Addressees
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2021
Studies in cross-cultural comparison strike a delicate balance between specificity and generalization. For one, comparative approaches to ancient Greek, Roman, and Chinese history draw on the particularities of each of those civilizations, with close attention to the cultural complexities that make each one of them distinct. On the other hand, while committed to the disclosure of culture and context, comparative research seeks to extrapolate macrohistorical stereotypes and project broad, or bold, generalizations. If the investigation gravitates too much toward the specific, the comparison becomes treacherous. If it is too close to generalization, it is in danger of being meaningless.
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