Identical terms can mask different concepts, so concepts must be traced to their sources.

Evidence

Here again one can see how the terminology is conventional but not without importance in making for errors and deviations as soon as one forgets that it is always necessary to return to the cultural sources in order to identify the exact value of concepts, since there may be different heads under the same hat. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1616

Categorization

  • DEFINE: A methodological principle: same word, different referents — return to cultural sources to fix a concept’s value.
  • XREF: Applies to the Islamophobia field where terms like ‘crusade’ or ‘civilization’ carry divergent meanings across colonial and contemporary uses. — connects to: Identical text can differ in originality depending on authorial context. — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 2029; The same expressed belief carries different meanings in different groups and moments. — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 136; Similar-looking phenomena across domains still need domain-specific scientific concepts. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 89 (+2 more)

Broader Connections