George Steiner’s Hermeneutic Motion and the Ontology, Ethics, and Epistemology of Translation

Douglas Robinson

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George Steiner’s Hermeneutic Motion and the Ontology, Ethics, and Epistemology of Translation

Douglas Robinson^*

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This chapter is organized around three phrases from Phil Goodwin’s idealizing reading of George Steiner’s hermeneutic motion: (1) “there is a certain violence involved,” (2) “This imagery offended some readers,” and (3) “this second stage of translation will always feel like a violation.” In response to those remarks, my research questions are (Q1) What is the ontology of that “certain violence,” and why did it “offend some readers”? (Q2) What is the ethical significance of Steiner’s passage through violence in the hermeneutic motion? (Q3) What is the epistemological significance of “feeling” in the recognition that “this second stage of translation will always feel like a violation”? The trajectory of my argument, in other words, is from ontologization (Q1) through ethical regimes (Q2) to the epistemology of feeling (Q3).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Engaging with Translation. New Readings of George Steiner's After Babel
Editors	Marco Agnetta, Larisa Cercel, Brian O’Keeffe
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Publisher	Hermeneutics and Creativity, University of Leipzig
Pages	103-138
Number of pages	36
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.52116/yth.vi1.20
Publication status	Published - 27 Oct 2021

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Name	Yearbook of Translational Hermeneutics
Publisher	Hermeneutics and Creativity, University of Leipzig
Number	1
ISSN (Electronic)	2748-8160

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Robinson, D. (2021). George Steiner’s Hermeneutic Motion and the Ontology, Ethics, and Epistemology of Translation. In M. Agnetta, L. Cercel, & B. O’Keeffe (Eds.), Engaging with Translation. New Readings of George Steiner's After Babel (pp. 103-138). (Yearbook of Translational Hermeneutics; No. 1). Hermeneutics and Creativity, University of Leipzig. https://doi.org/10.52116/yth.vi1.20

Robinson, Douglas. / George Steiner’s Hermeneutic Motion and the Ontology, Ethics, and Epistemology of Translation. Engaging with Translation. New Readings of George Steiner's After Babel . editor / Marco Agnetta ; Larisa Cercel ; Brian O’Keeffe. Leipzig : Hermeneutics and Creativity, University of Leipzig, 2021. pp. 103-138 (Yearbook of Translational Hermeneutics; 1).

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Robinson, D 2021, George Steiner’s Hermeneutic Motion and the Ontology, Ethics, and Epistemology of Translation. in M Agnetta, L Cercel & B O’Keeffe (eds), Engaging with Translation. New Readings of George Steiner's After Babel . Yearbook of Translational Hermeneutics, no. 1, Hermeneutics and Creativity, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, pp. 103-138. https://doi.org/10.52116/yth.vi1.20

George Steiner’s Hermeneutic Motion and the Ontology, Ethics, and Epistemology of Translation. / Robinson, Douglas.
Engaging with Translation. New Readings of George Steiner's After Babel . ed. / Marco Agnetta; Larisa Cercel; Brian O’Keeffe. Leipzig: Hermeneutics and Creativity, University of Leipzig, 2021. p. 103-138 (Yearbook of Translational Hermeneutics; No. 1).

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Robinson D. George Steiner’s Hermeneutic Motion and the Ontology, Ethics, and Epistemology of Translation. In Agnetta M, Cercel L, O’Keeffe B, editors, Engaging with Translation. New Readings of George Steiner's After Babel . Leipzig: Hermeneutics and Creativity, University of Leipzig. 2021. p. 103-138. (Yearbook of Translational Hermeneutics; 1). doi: 10.52116/yth.vi1.20

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