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Globalization, political violence and translation / edited by Esperanza Bielsa and Christopher W. Hughes.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Description: xi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0230218814
  • 9780230218819
Other title:
  • Globalisation, political violence and translation
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.482 22
LOC classification:
  • JZ1318 .G67912 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Globalization, political violence and translation : an introduction / by Esperanza Bielsa -- Terminal paradox of globalization / by Keith Tester -- Translating terror : siting truth, justice, and rights amidst the two "terror" wars / by Upendra Baxi -- Ethics and violence / by Antonio Aguilera -- The sovereign, the martyr and "just war" beyond the Jus Publicum Europaeum : the dilemma of political theology, discussed via Carl Schmitt and Walter Benjamin / by Sigrid Weigel -- Semantic asymmetries and "the War on Terror" / by Martin Montgomery -- Missiles in Athens and tanks at Heathrow : urban security and the materialization of "global threat" / by Stuart Price -- Between exceptionalism and universalism : photography as cultural diplomacy / by Liam Kennedy -- Translation, ethics and ideology in a violent globalizing world / by Maria Tymoczko -- Translation-9/11 : terrorism, immigration, language politics / by Emily Apter -- Translators in war zones : ethics under fire in Iraq / by Moira Inghilleri -- Resisting state terror : theorizing communities of activist translators and interpreters / by Mona Baker -- Conclusion : globalization, political violence and security / by Christopher W. Hughes.
Summary: "Written by leading scholars in a range of disciplines (from law, philosophy, politics and sociology to media studies and translation studies), this book provides key insights into the globalization of violence and the role of translation in this context, and includes detailed empirical analyses of media representations and translators accounts."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalization, political violence and translation : an introduction / by Esperanza Bielsa -- Terminal paradox of globalization / by Keith Tester -- Translating terror : siting truth, justice, and rights amidst the two "terror" wars / by Upendra Baxi -- Ethics and violence / by Antonio Aguilera -- The sovereign, the martyr and "just war" beyond the Jus Publicum Europaeum : the dilemma of political theology, discussed via Carl Schmitt and Walter Benjamin / by Sigrid Weigel -- Semantic asymmetries and "the War on Terror" / by Martin Montgomery -- Missiles in Athens and tanks at Heathrow : urban security and the materialization of "global threat" / by Stuart Price -- Between exceptionalism and universalism : photography as cultural diplomacy / by Liam Kennedy -- Translation, ethics and ideology in a violent globalizing world / by Maria Tymoczko -- Translation-9/11 : terrorism, immigration, language politics / by Emily Apter -- Translators in war zones : ethics under fire in Iraq / by Moira Inghilleri -- Resisting state terror : theorizing communities of activist translators and interpreters / by Mona Baker -- Conclusion : globalization, political violence and security / by Christopher W. Hughes.

"Written by leading scholars in a range of disciplines (from law, philosophy, politics and sociology to media studies and translation studies), this book provides key insights into the globalization of violence and the role of translation in this context, and includes detailed empirical analyses of media representations and translators accounts."--Publisher description.

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