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Revolution and Despair

Revolution and Despair

Asef Bayat Sunday, January 25, 2015 Things in the Middle East usually appear far worse than they really are when looked at from the outside. But on my recent visit to Egypt — as I talked and listened to people, watched local television, read daily papers and made observations — it became clear that revolutionaries were going through painful times. A deep disenchantment seemed to color the sentiments of many who once held high hopes for their remarkable revolution, but now have to face the vulgar triumphalism of the counter-revolution airing from what looked, not long ago, like an independent media.
Translatorial hexis: The politics of Pinkard’s translation of Hegel’s Phenomenology

Translatorial hexis: The politics of Pinkard’s translation of Hegel’s Phenomenology

David Charlston Radical Philosophy 186 (Jul/Aug 2014)  David Charlston Most branches of philosophy and many other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences studied in the anglophone academy draw on texts written in languages other than English and therefore rely on the products of translation, especially translations of historical, European philosophy. However, surprisingly little philosophical attention has been paid to the role of individual translators in mediating and relocating philosophical narratives across cultural and linguistic boundaries.