Untranslating Machines: A Genealogy for the Ends of Global Thought
This book explores the interrelated subjects of philosophy of translation and the critique of globalization. Taking a specifically deconstructive-Marxist approach, Lezra examines the concept of translation through the lens of political philosophy, political economy and comparative literature.
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Untranslating Machines: A Genealogy for the Ends of Global Thought
This book explores the interrelated subjects of philosophy of translation and the critique of globalization. Taking a specifically deconstructive-Marxist approach, Lezra examines the concept of translation through the lens of political philosophy, political economy and comparative literature.
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Untranslating Machines: A Genealogy for the Ends of Global Thought

Untranslating Machines: A Genealogy for the Ends of Global Thought

by Jacques Lezra
Untranslating Machines: A Genealogy for the Ends of Global Thought

Untranslating Machines: A Genealogy for the Ends of Global Thought

by Jacques Lezra

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This book explores the interrelated subjects of philosophy of translation and the critique of globalization. Taking a specifically deconstructive-Marxist approach, Lezra examines the concept of translation through the lens of political philosophy, political economy and comparative literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781786610898
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 04/23/2019
Series: New Critical Humanities
Pages: 222
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Jacques Lezra is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of California-Riverside. His publications include On the Nature of Marx's Things: Translation as Necrophilology (2018), Lucretius and Modernity (co-edited with Liza Blake, 2016) and Wild Materialism: The Ethic of Terror and the Modern Republic (2010).

Table of Contents

Introduction: This Untranslatability Which is Not One / 1. Two Dogmas of Translation / 2. On Contingency in Translation / 3. Nationum origo / 4. Sovereignty or Translation / 5. What is Possible in Machine Translation / 6. The Animal in Translation / Conclusion / Bibliography / Index
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