On Translation

Drawing on Jakobson, Gadamer, Benjamin, and Derrida, Sallis shows how the classical concept of translation has undergone mutation and deconstruction.

List of contents

Preliminary Table of Contents:

1. The Dream of Nontranslation

2. Scenes of Translation at Large

3. Translation and the Force of Words

4. Varieties of Untranslatability

About the author

John Sallis

Summary

Offers a philosophical reflection on the nature and process of translation. This title shows that translating is much more than a matter of transposing one language into another. It approaches translation from four directions and shows how the classical concept of translation has undergone mutation and deconstruction.

Product details

• Authors: John Sallis, Sallis John
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2002
• EAN: 9780253215536
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21553-6
• No. of pages: 142
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 219 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 195 g
• Series: Studies in Continental Thought; Studies in Continental Thought; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works