Spencer Hawkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3786098 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Spencer Hawkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Spencer |
| FAMILY NAME | Hawkin |
| SIGNATURE | HAWKIN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8988-8162 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introductory reflections on self-translation and academic mobility
German Philosophy in English Translation: Postwar Translation History and the Making of the Contemporary Anglophone Humanities
This book traces the translation history of twentieth-century German philosophy into English, with significant layovers in Paris, and proposes an innovative approach to long-standing difficulties in its translation. German philosophy’s reputation for profundity is often understood to lie in German’s polysemous vocabulary, which is notoriously difficult to translate even into its close relative, English. Hawkins shows the merit in a strategy of “d…
“Good translating is very hard work”: Karl Popper, translation theorist in spite of himself
Upon immigrating to New Zealand in 1937, Austrian-born philosopher of science Karl Raimund Popper lived and worked in the English-speaking world, where he published his major works in English. Life events forced him to engage in various forms of self-translation around the same time that he began earnestly working on translating Presocratic philosophical fragments into English. While he rejected language wholesale as an object of philosophical re…
Translaboration as legitimation of philosophical translation
Even highly regarded translators cannot escape the common suspicion that philosophical ideas are not communicable in foreign languages – a suspicion that plagues philosophical translation. Translators effectively counter this distrust of translation when they explicitly claim to have collaborated with the author. This paper focuses on the Italian translation of Sein und Zeit ( Being and Time ) (first published in 1927; Heidegger 1986a ), titled E…
Theory of a practice: A foundation for Blumenberg's metaphorology in Ricoeur's theory of metaphor
Hans Blumenberg is celebrated for demonstrating that metaphors have had a more foundational influence than concepts on European intellectual history. Many acknowledge that his insights might have achieved even greater impact if he had articulated a more explicit theory of metaphor. In 1960 Blumenberg discusses the historical formation of metaphors that have given rise to meaningful discourses on metaphysical abstractions, like God, existence, or …
Queerly Turkish: Queer Masculinity and National Belonging in the Image of Zeki Müren
This article offers an explanation for the lasting appeal of Turkish cross-dressing singer Zeki Müren (1931–96). His performances on stage, film, and television interweave avant-garde, modern, and old-fashioned elements. The success of these performances registers Turkish society’s ambivalence about modernity, masculinity, and sexuality. Müren’s queer performances conjure an imaginary public that spans the divisions within Turkish culture, such a…
Theory of a practice: A foundation for Blumenberg's metaphorology in Ricoeur's theory of metaphor
Hans Blumenberg is celebrated for demonstrating that metaphors have had a more foundational influence than concepts on European intellectual history. Many acknowledge that his insights might have achieved even greater impact if he had articulated a more explicit theory of metaphor. In 1960 Blumenberg discusses the historical formation of metaphors that have given rise to meaningful discourses on metaphysical abstractions, like God, existence, or …
Queerly Turkish: Queer Masculinity and National Belonging in the Image of Zeki Müren
This article offers an explanation for the lasting appeal of Turkish cross-dressing singer Zeki Müren (1931–96). His performances on stage, film, and television interweave avant-garde, modern, and old-fashioned elements. The success of these performances registers Turkish society’s ambivalence about modernity, masculinity, and sexuality. Müren’s queer performances conjure an imaginary public that spans the divisions within Turkish culture, such a…
Queerly Turkish: Queer Masculinity and National Belonging in the Image of Zeki Müren
This article offers an explanation for the lasting appeal of Turkish cross-dressing singer Zeki Müren (1931–96). His performances on stage, film, and television interweave avant-garde, modern, and old-fashioned elements. The success of these performances registers Turkish society’s ambivalence about modernity, masculinity, and sexuality. Müren’s queer performances conjure an imaginary public that spans the divisions within Turkish culture, such a…
Theory of a practice: A foundation for Blumenberg's metaphorology in Ricoeur's theory of metaphor
Hans Blumenberg is celebrated for demonstrating that metaphors have had a more foundational influence than concepts on European intellectual history. Many acknowledge that his insights might have achieved even greater impact if he had articulated a more explicit theory of metaphor. In 1960 Blumenberg discusses the historical formation of metaphors that have given rise to meaningful discourses on metaphysical abstractions, like God, existence, or …
Translaboration as legitimation of philosophical translation
Even highly regarded translators cannot escape the common suspicion that philosophical ideas are not communicable in foreign languages – a suspicion that plagues philosophical translation. Translators effectively counter this distrust of translation when they explicitly claim to have collaborated with the author. This paper focuses on the Italian translation of Sein und Zeit ( Being and Time ) (first published in 1927; Heidegger 1986a ), titled E…
“Good translating is very hard work”: Karl Popper, translation theorist in spite of himself
Upon immigrating to New Zealand in 1937, Austrian-born philosopher of science Karl Raimund Popper lived and worked in the English-speaking world, where he published his major works in English. Life events forced him to engage in various forms of self-translation around the same time that he began earnestly working on translating Presocratic philosophical fragments into English. While he rejected language wholesale as an object of philosophical re…
German Philosophy in English Translation: Postwar Translation History and the Making of the Contemporary Anglophone Humanities
This book traces the translation history of twentieth-century German philosophy into English, with significant layovers in Paris, and proposes an innovative approach to long-standing difficulties in its translation. German philosophy’s reputation for profundity is often understood to lie in German’s polysemous vocabulary, which is notoriously difficult to translate even into its close relative, English. Hawkins shows the merit in a strategy of “d…
Introductory reflections on self-translation and academic mobility
Philosophy (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · German (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy, Science, and History (2 works) · Political science (2 works)