The use of the metaphor of translation across psychoanalysis, anthropology and ethnography, postcolonial theory, hi
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'Rainer Guldin’s Translation as Metaphor admirably fills a pressing need in our knowledge of changes in the humanities and social sciences over the past few decades, focusing on how translation functions as a metaphor in a wide variety of disciplines. A must read for anyone who wants to understand how the way in which we know our new globalized world is being transformed.' James St. André, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
'Translation as Metaphor offers an absorbing account of the ways in which notions of translation and metaphor have informed each other across a very broad range of disciplines from psychoanalysis to genetics. Rainer Guldin offers a bold and lucid demonstration of how to understand translation as metaphor is to understand fundamental aspects of our contemporary condition.' Michael Cronin, Dublin City University, Ireland
'Rainer Guldin’s Translation as Metaphor admirably fills a pressing need in our knowledge of changes in the humanities and social sciences over the past few decades, focusing on how translation functions as a metaphor in a wide variety of disciplines. A must read for anyone who wants to understand how the way in which we know our new globalized world is being transformed.' James St. André, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
'Translation as Metaphor offers an absorbing account of the ways in which notions of translation and metaphor have informed each other across a very broad range of disciplines from psychoanalysis to genetics. Rainer Guldin offers a bold and lucid demonstration of how to understand translation as metaphor is to understand fundamental aspects of our contemporary condition.' Michael Cronin, Dublin City University, Ireland
"The book can be addressed as the latest effort to redefine translation concept and scrutinize its application in other disciplines on the basis of various case studies and critical reflections in the broad cultural and historical contexts. Overall, the comprehensive analysis makes it a must-have book for students, researchers and professional translators working in the field." – Liu Lisheng, School of Foreign Languages, Xuchang University, China.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Metaphor and Its Relationship to Translation
II. Metaphors for Translation
III. From Spatial Metaphors of Translation to Translation as a Spatial Metaphor
IV. Translation as Metaphor in Psychoanalysis, Anthropology and Ethnography, Postcolonial Theory, History and Literature
V. Translation as Metaphor in Sociology, Media and Communication Theory, Medicine, Genetics and Interdisciplinary Exchanges
Conclusion
References
