Revisiting the Politics of Translation: Translation, Nation and Gender

Rada Iveković; Aleksandar Pavlović; Sanja Bojanić

doi:10.2298/FID2503575I

Autori

Rada Iveković Independent researcher in philosophy, France
Aleksandar Pavlović Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade
Sanja Bojanić Center for Advanced Studies, University of Rijeka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2503575I

Ključne reči:

politics of translation, counter-translation, language, culture, nation, gender

Apstrakt

This thematic issue, Revisiting the Politics of Translation: Translation, Nation and Gender, explores translation as both practice and political concept. Translation is not a neutral transfer of meaning, but a field where power relations—between languages, nations, genders, and identities—are continuously negotiated. The contributions examine translation’s ambivalent role in reinforcing or challenging violence, nationalism, and coloniality, as well as its transformative potential in feminist, decolonial, and global South contexts. Articles address topics such as meaning-change and “woke” discourse, counter-translation and hegemony, the regime of modern translation, feminist struggles, policy and decolonial perspectives, psychoanalysis in the South, translation as counter-violence, and cultural appropriation. Collectively, these essays underline translation’s capacity to destabilize binaries, open spaces of reciprocity, and act as a form of counter-politics. By situating translation within contemporary conflicts, crises, and social movements, the issue rethinks its role as a practice of negotiation at the intersection of language, politics, and culture.

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