The Practices and Infrastructures of Comparison
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چکیده
e rst entity in this comparison comprises the opening lines from Reinhard Bendix's relatively early aempt to justify the comparative method within sociological research: Like the concepts of other disciplines, sociological concepts should be universally applicable. e concept 'division of labor' , for instance, refers to the fact that the labor performed in a collectivity is specialized; the concept is universal because we know of no collectivity without such specialization. Where reference is made to a principle of the division of labor over time – irrespective of the particular individuals performing the labor and of the way labor is subdivided (whether by sex, age, skill or whatever) – we arrive at one meaning of the term 'social organization'. We know of no society that lacks such a principle; furthermore, we can compare and contrast the social organization of two societies by showing how their division of labor diers (Bendix 1963: 532).
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