Asad and Benjamin: Chronopolitics of tragedy in the anthropology of secularism
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DOI: 10.1177/1463499618770310
Abstract: Divergent theories of tragedy in the anthropology of secularism have been articulated with reference to the work of Talal Asad, yet he himself disavows a tragic sensibility. In seeking to understand this disjuncture, I sketch… read more here.
Keywords: tragedy anthropology; anthropology; secularism; benjamin ... See more keywords
Inventive Languages: Walter Benjamin, Ernst Jandl, and the Possibility of Back-Translation
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DOI: 10.3366/tal.2020.0434
Abstract: Theories of translation that rely on Walter Benjamin's famous essay ‘The Task of the Translator’ have tended to view the specific direction of translation as one that only reaches forward, according to a gesture of… read more here.
Keywords: ernst jandl; translation; walter benjamin; back translation ... See more keywords