Translation and the Westernization of Eighteenth-Century Russia

Sergey Tyulenev

Translation and the Westernization of Eighteenth-Century Russia

A Social-Systemic Perspective

TRANSÜD. Arbeiten zur Theorie und Praxis des Übersetzens und Dolmetschens, Volume 47

ISBN
978-3-86596-472-4 9783865964724
Date of appearance
2012
Language
English
Binding
Paperback
Pages
272
Format
14.8 × 21.0 cm (B × H)
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Price
39.80 €

Contents

The book considers the role of translation in the reformation of Russia along Western European lines in the eighteenth century. Translation is presented as a key social-systemic factor in the dynamics of the relationship between the system and its environment — between Russia and Western Europe. The author draws on contemporary historiography and social theory, primarily Niklas Luhmann’s social systems theory, but also concepts of other sociologists and historians, such as Gumilev, Bourdieu, Habermas, Jameson, amongst others. This allows the author to conduct a comprehensive analysis of social involvements of translation. Importantly, this case study aspires to pave the way for research of the social role of translation of universal validity.

Author

Sergey Tyulenev has taught at the University of Moscow, McGill University, and the University of Cambridge. Now, he is a post-doctoral researcher with the University of the Free State (South Africa). He has published several monographs and a number of articles on the theory and history of translation. His website and blog are www.tyulenev.org and www.translation.tyulenev.org.

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