
Translation and the Nature of Philosophy (Routledge Revivals)
A New Theory of Words
Andrew Benjamin(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 23. January 2014
Book
Hardback
204 pages
978-1-138-77912-9 (ISBN)
Description
This engrossing study, first published in 1989, 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.
Benjamin engages throughout with the central tenets of post-structuralism: the concept of a constant yet illusive 'true' meaning has lost authority, but remains a problem. The fact of translation seems to defy the notion that 'meaning' is reducible to its component words; yet, to say that the 'truth' is more than the sum of its parts, we are challenging the very foundations of what it is to communicate, to understand, and to know. In Translation and the Nature of Philosophy, the author sets out his own theory of language in light of these issues.
Benjamin engages throughout with the central tenets of post-structuralism: the concept of a constant yet illusive 'true' meaning has lost authority, but remains a problem. The fact of translation seems to defy the notion that 'meaning' is reducible to its component words; yet, to say that the 'truth' is more than the sum of its parts, we are challenging the very foundations of what it is to communicate, to understand, and to know. In Translation and the Nature of Philosophy, the author sets out his own theory of language in light of these issues.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
394 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-77912-9 (9781138779129)
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Content
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