Foran Lisa. Translation and Philosophy

Bern: Peter Lang, 2012. — viii + 188 p. — ISBN: 978-3-0353-0250-9 (Intercultural Studies and Foreign Language Learning - 11)To what extent is philosophy reliant on translation and how does this practice impact on philosophy itself? How should philosophical texts be translated? Is translation inherently philosophical? Can philosophy be described as a ‘type of translation’? The essays in this collection seek to respond to these intriguing and provocative questions. Exploring a wide range of issues, from the complexities of translating ambiguous philosophical terms to the role of language in concepts of identity and society, each essay highlights the manner in which the two disciplines rely on (and intersect with) each other. Drawing the collection together is an understanding of both translation and philosophy as practices which seek for meaning in our complex relationship with language and the world.Introduction: What is the Relation between Translation and Philosophy?
Theo Harden — The Awful German Language, or, Is ‘Die Geistige Entwicklung’ ‘The Mental Development’?
David Charlston — Translating Hegel’s Ambiguity: A Culture of Humor and Witz
Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan — Reading Oneself in Quotation Marks: At the Crossing of Disciplines
Andrew Whitehead — Moonless Moons and a Pretty Girl: Translating Ikkyū Sōjun
Angelo Bottone — Translation and Justice in Paul Ricoeur
Lisa Foran — Translation as a Path to the Other: Derrida and Ricoeur
Elad Lapidot — What is the Reason for Translating Philosophy? I. Undoing Babel
Alena Dvorakova — Pleasure in Translation: Translating Mill’s ‘Utilitarianism’ from English into Czech
Veronica O’Neill — The Underlying Role of Translation: A Discussion of Walter Benjamin’s ‘Kinship’
Sergey Tyulenev — Systemics and Lifeworld of Translation
Feargus Denman — Translation, Philosophy and Language: What Counts?