Zionism, Translation and the Politics of Erasure.
This paper examines the translation of classic political philosophy into Hebrew, arguing that a variety of ideological positions can be disclosed simply by examining the erasure process employed during translation. Exploring the connection between translation and nation–building, I claim that segmen...
| Published in: | Political Studies Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 811 - 829 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Sep2002
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