Ricoeur, Paul
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Paul Ricoeur was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this short and accessible book, he turns to a topic at the heart of much of his work: What is translation and why is it so important?
Reminding us that The Bible, the Koran, the Torah and the works of the great philosophers are often only ever read in translation, Ricoeur reminds us that translation not only spreads knowledge but can change its very meaning. In spite of these risk, he argues that in a climate of ethnic and religious conflict, the art and ethics of translation are invaluable.
Drawing on interesting examples such as the translation of early Greek philosophy during the Renaissance, the poetry of Paul Celan and the work of Hannah Arendt, he reflects not only on the challenges of translating one language into another but how one community speaks to another. Throughout, Ricoeur shows how to move through life is to navigate a world that requires translation itself.
Paul Ricoeur died in 2005. He was one of the great contemporary French philosophers and a leading figure in hermeneutics, psychoanalytic thought, literary theory and religion. His many books include Freud and Philosophy and Time and Narrative.
Introduction: Ricoeur´s philosophy of translation, 1. Translation as challenge and source of happiness, 2. The paradigm of translation, 3. A `passage´: translating the untranslatable, Notes, Index
Paul Ricoeur turns to a topic at the heart of much of his work: What is translation and why is it so important? Drawing on interesting examples he reflects not only on the challenges of translating one language into another but how one community speaks to another.
'One of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of his generation.' - The Daily Telegraph
Paul Ricoeur was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this book, he turns to a topic at the heart of much of his work: What is translation and why is it so important? He reminds us that translation not only spreads knowledge but can change its very meaning.
Introduction: Ricoeur's philosophy of translation, 1. Translation as challenge and source of happiness, 2. The paradigm of translation, 3. A 'passage': translating the untranslatable, Notes, Index
'One of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of his generation' - The Daily Telegraph
'Accessible and peppered with beautiful phrases, Ricoeur's is the kind of philosophical writing that provides an encounter with a feeling of transcendence and the sublime sometimes at odds with the philosophy it advocates' - M/C Reviews
'As should be evident from the foregoing, this slim volume packs an enormous quantity of important reflection on the process of translation and its two fundamnetal approaches: the translation of words and phrases or the interpretation of meaningful wholes' - Corrado Federici, Figures of Translation
Paul Ricoeur, 19132005, französischer Philosoph, war zuletzt Professor an der Universität Paris-Nanterre und Lehrstuhlnachfolger von Paul Tillich an der University of Chicago. Neben existenz- und geschichtsphilosophischen Forschungen widmete er sich intensiv dem Problem der Sprache.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Ricoeur's philosophy of translation, 1. Translation as challenge and source of happiness, 2. The paradigm of translation, 3. A 'passage': translating the untranslatable, Notes, Index
Klappentext
Paul Ricoeur is described in the "Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy "as "one of the leading French philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century." This little book collects his thoughts on the subject of translation, and is vintage Ricoeur. He uses the topic to reflect on some of the perennial problems posed by translation, including the transmission of early Greek philosophy to the Renaissance, interpretations of the Bible amongst diverse religious traditions (no small issue at the moment), and the way translations of the same text reflect important cultural dynamics at work across different periods, leading to quite different meanings springing from the same book. There are also discussions of some contemporary figures, such as Umberto Eco, and the whole underscored by Ricoeur's point that there is a paradox at the hear of translation: impossible in theory but effective in practice.
