Translation and the Nature of Philosophy (Routledge Revivals) - A New Theory of Words

First published in 1989, this study explores the basic mutuality between philosophy and translation. By studying the conceptions of translation in Plato, Seneca, Davidson, Walter Benjamin and Freud, Andrew Benjamin reveals the interplay between the two disciplines not only in their relationship to language, but also at a deeper, cognitive level.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments; Introduction 1. The Literal and the Figural Translated 2. Seneca and the Translation of Being 3. The Mediated Touch: Davidson and Translation 4. Walter Benjamin and the Translator’s Task 5. Psychoanalysis and Translation 6. Translation and Philosophy; Notes; Index

Zusammenfassung

First published in 1989, this study explores the basic mutuality between philosophy and translation. By studying the conceptions of translation in Plato, Seneca, Davidson, Walter Benjamin and Freud, Andrew Benjamin reveals the interplay between the two disciplines not only in their relationship to language, but also at a deeper, cognitive level.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andrew Benjamin
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.01.2014
• EAN: 9781138779129
• ISBN: 978-1-138-77912-9
• Seiten: 204
• Serie: Routledge Revivals
• Themen: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -