The eighteenth century is one of the most important periods in the history of western philosophy, witnessing the philosophical, scientific, religious, and social and political change of the. She traces the german reception of fergusons thought, pointing at conceptual stumblingblocks and linguistic tensions. Scottish civic discourse in eighteenth century germany oxford, 1995, israelis in berlin jerusalem, 2001. Fania is a historian and author of israelis in berlin ketersuhrkamp, 2001 and jews and words yale, nov. Translating the enlightenment fania ozsalzberger oxford. About fania oz salzberger is professor of history at the faculty of law, where she he heads the posen research forum for political thought, and at the haifa center for german and european studies. All content in this area was uploaded by fania ozsalzberger on aug 23, 2017. The eighteenth century is one of the most important periods in the history of western philosophy, witnessing philosophical, scientific, and social and political change on a vast scale. Ozsalzberger, fania 2006 the enlightenment in translation. Zeruya shalevzeruya shalev jews and words is a wonderful, a great essay. If you think rabbis cant agree on anything, you ought to listen to economists arguing. Translating the enlightenment scottish civic discourse in.
Fania lives with her family in zichron yaakov, israel, and teaches at the university of haifa. Scottish civic discourse in eighteenthcentury germany oxford university press. Buy translating the enlightenment by fania oz salzberger from waterstones today. Fania oz salzberger is an israeli historian and essayist. Pdf enlightenment, national enlightenments and translation.
Fania ozsalzbergers detailed and challenging analysis places ferguson in the context of the scottish enlightenment, and highlights the affinities and differences between his milieu and that of his german readers. The routledge companion to eighteenth century philosophy. Fania oz salzberger, translating the enlightenment. Questia read the fulltext online edition of translating the enlightenment. Fania ozsalzberger is professor of history at the faculty of law and the center for german and european studies, as well as the founding director of the posen research forum for political thought, at the university of haifa. Novelist amos oz and historian fania ozsalzberger roam the gamut of jewish history. Enlightenment, national enlightenments and translation. Her last book, jews and words yale university press was coauthored with.
Regional and european aspects fania ozsalzberger academia. He is also professor of literature at bengurion university in be er sheva. She is professor at the university of haifas faculty of law. Scottish civic discourse in eighteenth century germany. Her bestselling book israelis in berlin appeared in 2001, and sparked much debate both in israel and in germany. She has written extensively on the history of ideas, the enlightenment. Fania oz salzberger is a history professor at the faculty of law, university of haifa. Her doctoral thesis oxford university is on the scottish and german enlightenments. Scottish civic discourse in eighteenthcentury germany oxford. Fania ozsalzbergers detailed and challenging analysis places ferguson in the context of the. The working of this system, based on a coreperiphery structure, accounts for. Simply put, never before did so many writers openly promote the expansion of readership.
He is also professor of literature at bengurion university in beer sheva. It suggests that the misreception of scottish thoughts in germany may be attributed to either mistranslation or misreading. Regional and european aspects 1 1 the author wishes to thank participants in the enlightenment workshop hosted by the history department at oxford university and the voltaire foundation, and in the session enlightenment and communication at the twentieth international congress of historical sciences, sydney, july 2005, for their helpful comments. The stockhorst collection, which in introducing german translation practices and in elaborating on frenchenglish book trades provides background for a larger europe and nonfiction enlightenment transferences, is a welcome balance to the u. The three deserve a wide and appreciative readership. Hence, the volume contributes to enlightenment studies, at least as much as to historical translation studies. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Amos oz, fania oz salzberger, jews and words, yale university press, 2012 232 pages. A different view of the progress of society in europe. Amos oz is the internationally renowned author of more than twenty works of fiction and numerous essays on politics, literature, and peace. Praise for fania oz salzberger s israelis in berlin an exciting, deeply moving, masterly book.
This book compares the scottish and german enlightenments, discusses adam fergusons ideas in the context of civic discourse and offers an analysis of the translation of political ideas across languages and cultures. Towards a modern greek lexicon of untranslatables new museum. His book the hebrew republic is considered the most powerful statement of republican theory in the early years of the dutch republic. Her books include translating the enlightenment oxford, 1995, israelis in berlin keter, 2001 and suhrkamp, 2001 and jews and words, coauthored with amos oz yale, 2012, translated into 14 languages. Scottish civic discourse in eighteenthcentury germany oxford historical monographs. Scottish works formed an important segment of the general influx of british books into germany and one of the first beneficiaries of the accelerated speed of englishgerman translation in the second half of the 18th century was david hume.
Fania ozsalzberger is an israeli historian and essayist. Their combined citations are counted only for the first article. Jan 01, 2010 the case studies united here explore both how translations contributed to the transnational standardisation of certain key concepts, values and texts, and how they reflect national specifications of enlightened discourses. It examines the reception in germany of the civic theories of the scottish enlightenment thinker adam ferguson, and shows how german intellectuals misread his work, but in a way which opened up many fruitful insights. Novelist amos oz and historian fania oz salzberger roam the gamut of jewish history to explain the integral relationship of jews and words. Both capitalism and socialism come in more flavors than starbucks can serve coffee and teawith the distinction that nobody quibbles over which. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures.
Oz salzberger, fania, did adam ferguson inspire friedrich schillers philosophy of play. The case studies united here explore both how translations contributed to the transnational standardisation of certain key concepts, values and texts, and how they reflect national specifications of enlightened discourses. Fania oz salzberger is an israeli writer, academic and commentator. The enlightenment conjoined ideas, public aspirations, and social change in a novel way. Through a blend of storytelling and scholarship, conversation and argument, father and daughter tell the tales behind judaisms most enduring names, adages, disputes, texts, and quips. Oz salzberger was born in 1960 in kibbutz hulda, the eldest daughter of writer amos oz and his wife nily. Translating the enlightenment by fania ozsalzberger. Challenging the tendency to fragment the enlightenment in eighteenthcentury europe into multiple enlightenments, the distinguished intellectual historian john robertson demonstrates the extent to which thinkers in two societies at the opposite ends of europe shared common. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile.
Fania oz salzberger is an israeli historian and writer, professor of history at the university of haifa, school of law and centre for german and european studies her books include translating the enlightenment, israelis in berlinand, with her father amos oz, jews and words. Translating the enlightenment fania ozsalzberger this is a study of how political ideas travel across languages and cultures. It examines the reception in germany of the civic theories of the scottish enlightenment thinker adam ferguson, and shows. Fania ozsalzberger is a professor of history at the university of haifa. Amos oz and his daughter, fania ozsalzberger, analyze the text of the jewish religious books from a nonreligious perspective, focusing on the jewish history, culture and identity. She has been chair of israel studies at monash university, laurance s. This chapter examines the impact and influence of the scottish enlightenment on the german aufklarung.
Garrett defends the usefulness of seeing eighteenthcentury philosophy in terms of eclecticism, taking denis diderots encyclopedie article of that. As noted in chapter 1, recent scholarship has introduced a great deal of nuance into our understanding of the overall character of robertsons achievement, recontextualizing it within the mainstream of eighteenthcentury historical studies, which were inspired by narrative as well as political, religious, and educational agendas. The circulation of enlightened thought in durope by means of translation, pp. Scottish civic discourse in eighteenthcentury germany oxford historical monographs oz salzberger, fania on. General interest ethnic, cultural, racial issues bible and literature bible as literature biblical literature jews. The case for the enlightenment is a comparative study of the emergence of enlightenment in scotland and in naples. Booksellers and the english book trade, 14501850, new havenlondon, yale university press. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Regional and european aspects 1 1 the author wishes to thank participants in the enlightenment workshop hosted by the history department at oxford university and the voltaire foundation, and in the session enlightenment and communication at the twentieth international congress of historical sciences, sydney, july 2005, for their helpful comments on. This is a study of how political ideas travel across languages and cultures. Scottish civic discourse in eighteenthcentury germany, oxford, oxford university press, 1995, p. This chapter examines problems in the translation of scottish books into german during the enlightenment which led to the misreception of some scottish works. Translations into french of arthur youngs travels in france. As ozsalzberger discusses in chapter 1, even the notion of the eighteenth century as the enlightenment is contested.
This book is the first authoritative analysis of the theory of translation in german romanticism. Cultural transfer through translation the circulation of. Since 2016 she is director of paideia, the european institute for jewish studies in sweden. Significance of scotland in germany oxford scholarship. This article argues that the translation of books may be fruitfully understood as constituting a cultural worldsystem. Translating the enlightenment oxford historical monographs by oz salzberger, fania author hardcover 1995. These two books contribute to the debate, perennial since the enlightenment, about why judaism has endured for thousands of years. Professor oz salzberger s historical studies include numerous essays on intellectual history, focusing on political thought in early modern europe, the enlightenment, and the translation and transmission of ideas across cultures and languages. Translations from latin into french, italian, spanish, english and german, and to a lesser degree. Novelist amos oz and historian fania ozsalzberger roam the gamut of jewish history to explain the integral relationship of jews and words. Born and raised in kibbutz hulda 1960, she served in the israel defense force, and studied at tel aviv university. Two simple principles lie at the heart of this book. Did adam ferguson inspire friedrich schillers philosophy.
Scottish civic discourse in eighteenthcentury germany by fania oz salzberger, 1995 online research library. An exercise in tracking the itinerary of an idea 2010. Nov 05, 2012 professor oz salzberger s historical studies include numerous essays on intellectual history, focusing on political thought in early modern europe, the enlightenment, and the translation and transmission of ideas across cultures and languages. Scottish civic discourse in eighteenthcentury germany 1995. Bernardhenri levy is frances most famous public intellectual today. Fania ozsalzberger at university of haifa fania oz. On the syncretic language of european philosophy, the preface to the asyetunpublished greek text, scholar of translation and classics alexandra lianeri grapples with the complicated historiography of ancient and modern greek philosophical languages and their diverse. Never before did so many writers set out to critique received wisdoms. Fania oz salzberger is also director of paideia, the european institute for jewish studies in sweden.
Jews and words posen library of jewish culture and. Fania ozsalzberger is a writer and history professor in the faculty of law at the university of haifa. Her notable books include translating the enlightenment and jews. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Fania ozsalzberger is professor of history at the faculty of law, where she he heads the posen research forum for political thought, and at the haifa center for german and european studies. During the eighteenth century modern european languages obtained a new wealth of literary, scientific and philosophical idiom through translation. The line ours is not a bloodline but a textline is a drum beat. Her only short story, the scratch, won the first prize in the haaretz short story competition of 1999. This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the transmission of political ideas during the enlightenment. Fania oz salzberger this is a study of the transmission of political ideas across languages and cultures.
This books detailed and challenging analysis places ferguson in the context of the scottish enlightenment, and explores the impact of. The hardcover of the translating the enlightenment. Discover book depositorys huge selection of oz salzberger fania books online. It combines a wealth of knowledge with great emotional power. The routledge companion to eighteenth century philosophy is an authoritative survey and assessment of this. Fania ozsalzberger is an israeli writer and historian of ideas. Fania ozsalzberger books list of books by author fania.
Buy translating the enlightenment scottish civic discourse in eighteenthcentury germany oxford historical monographs by fania oz salzberger isbn. In spite of this, there are few single volume overviews of the philosophy of the period as a whole. All content in this area was uploaded by fania oz salzberger on aug 23, 2017. Her history books include translating the enlightenment oxford, 1995 and several edited volumes. Translating the enlightenment oxford 1995, israelis in berlin frankfurt am main 2001 and jerusalem 2001, and, with amos oz, jews and.
Oz salzberger, f 2003, the political theory of the scottish enlightenment. Scottish civic discourse in eighteenthcentury germany. This is a study of how political ideas travel across languag. With a pleasant, witty and sometimes ironical style, the authors. In a systematic study of herder, goethe, schlegel, novalis, humboldt, schleiermacher, and holderlin, berman demonstrates the importance of the theory of translation for an understanding of german romantic culture, arguing that never before has the concept of translation been meditated in such. In sharing towards a modern greek lexicon of untranslatables. From 20072012 she was the leon liberman chair in modern israel studies at the australian centre for jewish civilization, monash university.
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