1st Edition

Beyond the Untranslatable Theorizing Postcolonial Translation

264 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

Description

This c ollection examines postcolonial studies through the lens of translation studies, focusing on Asian and East Asian experiences. It redefines translation as a process of negotiating Otherness with language at its core. Following Talal Asad and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s critique, the book shifts from subjectivity to subjectivation, arguing that subjects exist in reciprocal relationships... Read more

Contents

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Preface

Jun’ichi Isomae, Katsuya Hirano and Gouranga Charan Pradhan

Introduction: On the Heritage of Postcolonial Studies: Translation of the Untranslatable

Talal Asad

Part 1: Translating the Untranslatable

1. Translating the Untranslatable: Inheritance of the Postcolonial Studies

Jun’ichi Isomae

2. Politics of Translation in East Asia: Natsume Sōseki and his idea of Untranslatability

Gouranga Charan Pradhan

3. How to Count Languages; How to Classify Humanity

Naoki Sakai

Part 2: Ambivalent Power of Translations

4. What Is It to Be Secular?

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

5. Settler-Colonial Translation: “Civilization” and the Ainu Voice

Katsuya Hirano

6. Translating God(s): Religious Studies After the Postcolonial Moment

Hent de Vries

7. China and the Conditions of Spatial Revolution: Twentieth-Century China as an Object of Thought

Wang Hui

Part 3: Round Table: Translating the Untranslatable

8. Round Table: Translating the Untranslatable

Talal Asad, Marion Eggert, Ayako Kusunoki, Naoki Sakai, Gayatri Spivak, Hent de Vries, Katsuya Hirano, Manami Yasui, Jun’ichi Isomae (Yoshiaki Mihara, Gouranga Charan Pradhan, Norimasa Fujimoto and Kazuma Omura., eds)

Epilogue: Reflections on the Question of Untranslatability

Jun’ichi Isomae and Gouranga Charan Pradhan

Index

Editor(s)

Biography

Talal Asadis a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA.

Jun’ichi Isomae is a Professor Emeritus at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, Japan.

Naoki Sakai is a Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies Emeritus at Cornell University, USA.

Katsuya Hirano is a Professor of Global Engagement at Kansai Gaidai University, Japan.

Gouranga Charan Pradhan is a Lecturer at ZEN University, Japan.

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