1st Edition

A Bergsonian Approach to Translation and Time Toward Spiritual Translation Studies

By Salah Basalamah Copyright 2025
242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

This innovative book offers a systematic conceptual exploration of translation through the lens of time, challenging the traditional notion of translation as mere linguistic transfer and advancing a new research agenda within the philosophy of translation. The volume sets the stage by establishing an overarching framework that positions the philosophy of translation as a distinct subdiscipline... Read more

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

 

1                     Durational translation

 

2                     Time and the spiritual lineage

 

3                     Translation and the mind/body problem

 

4                     The two philosophies of translation

 

5                     Translating time and the betrayal of language

 

6                     Translating images

 

7                     Translation and creativity

 

8                     Epistemology and metaphysics in translation

 

9                     Translating ethics and religion

 

Index

Biography

Salah Basalamah is Professor at the School of Translation and Interpretation at the University of Ottawa, Canada.