1st Edition
Translation and the Nature of Philosophy (Routledge Revivals) A New Theory of Words
By Andrew Benjamin
Copyright 1989
204 Pages
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Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
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
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Andrew Benjamin
