Sadler, N orcid.org/0000-0002-6700-4968, Baker, M and Engebretsen, E (2023) Translation and the Political: Antagonism and hegemony. Translation Studies. ISSN 1478-1700
Abstract
Interest in the political dimensions of translation is well established. There has been less focus in translation studies, however, on understanding the nature of the political itself. This leaves the concept fuzzy and limits its analytical power. This article begins to address this gap by drawing on the work of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe to offer a precisely articulated understanding of the political. This approach is illustrated through examination of divergent concepts of “translation” in translation studies and in the field of knowledge translation in medicine, suggesting that antagonism and hegemony, key aspects of the political in Laclau and Mouffe’s approach, play central roles in both cases. This approach allows the political to be more clearly differentiated from the social, cultural and aesthetic while also bringing the relationships between it and those other dimensions more clearly into view.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of an article published in Translation Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Translation; the political; hegemony; antagonism; identity; discourse |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Translation Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2023 16:12 |
Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2024 00:13 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14781700.2023.2186944 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:195685 |