Translating social sciences into Arabic today. The case of Pierre Bourdieu

  DOI: 10.1080/13556509.2015.1069042 Richard Jacquemond Published online: 14 Aug 2015 Abstract Through the example of the Arabic translations of Pierre Bourdieu, this article analyses the conditions of the introduction and reception of a sociological thought of French origin in the contemporary Arab intellectual field and, more generally, those of the international circulation of ideas in a postcolonial context. The diachronic analysis

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The Cultural Politics of Translation

Call for Papers The Cultural Politics of Translation A 3-day international conference to be held in Cairo, Egypt 27-29 October 2015 Organised by Department of English Language and Literature, Cairo University, Egypt & Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester, UK Supported by The British Academy https://culturalpoliticstranslation2015.wordpress.com/ Translation plays an important role as a powerful medium of representation, especially in a world of intensified

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