Peerless Dulcinea, Love of God, and Shoah Steps toward the Conceptual History of Incomparability

Postoutenko K (2023)
Contributions to the History of Concepts 18(2): 80-103.

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Abstract / Bemerkung
Building upon the extended notion of conceptual history as a diachronic study of conceptual interactions, the article begins with deconstructing the paradoxical semantic core of incomparability statements that, it is claimed, endows them with a capacity of stabilizing social semantics. By declaring certain foundational values-positive (Shoah) or negative (God)-"incomparable" and thus immune to the challenges of cross-evaluation, the users of discourse uphold the boundaries of civilized society. On a smaller scale, this exclusion of competitive valuation is undergirded by the ascription of "incomparability" to the small pool of political and cultural figures, literary artifacts, social events, and representative allegories. The conclusion outlines the social contingency of conventions regulating the ascriptions of "incomparability" against the backdrop of their discursive stability across genres, epochs, and languages.
Stichworte
comparability; comparison; conceptual history; fuzzy equality; incomparability; negation; taboo
Erscheinungsjahr
2023
Zeitschriftentitel
Contributions to the History of Concepts
Band
18
Ausgabe
2
Seite(n)
80-103
ISSN
1807-9326
eISSN
1874-656X
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2983720

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Postoutenko K. Peerless Dulcinea, Love of God, and Shoah Steps toward the Conceptual History of Incomparability. Contributions to the History of Concepts . 2023;18(2):80-103.
Postoutenko, K. (2023). Peerless Dulcinea, Love of God, and Shoah Steps toward the Conceptual History of Incomparability. Contributions to the History of Concepts , 18(2), 80-103. https://doi.org/10.3167/choc.2023.180206
Postoutenko, Kirill. 2023. “Peerless Dulcinea, Love of God, and Shoah Steps toward the Conceptual History of Incomparability”. Contributions to the History of Concepts 18 (2): 80-103.
Postoutenko, K. (2023). Peerless Dulcinea, Love of God, and Shoah Steps toward the Conceptual History of Incomparability. Contributions to the History of Concepts 18, 80-103.
Postoutenko, K., 2023. Peerless Dulcinea, Love of God, and Shoah Steps toward the Conceptual History of Incomparability. Contributions to the History of Concepts , 18(2), p 80-103.
K. Postoutenko, “Peerless Dulcinea, Love of God, and Shoah Steps toward the Conceptual History of Incomparability”, Contributions to the History of Concepts , vol. 18, 2023, pp. 80-103.
Postoutenko, K.: Peerless Dulcinea, Love of God, and Shoah Steps toward the Conceptual History of Incomparability. Contributions to the History of Concepts . 18, 80-103 (2023).
Postoutenko, Kirill. “Peerless Dulcinea, Love of God, and Shoah Steps toward the Conceptual History of Incomparability”. Contributions to the History of Concepts 18.2 (2023): 80-103.
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