1: Humboldt and the Dialectic of Enlightenment: Language, Culture, and Freedom

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. A Note on Texts xi
5. List of Abbreviations xii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1: Humboldt and the Dialectic of Enlightenment: Language, Culture, and Freedom 20
8. 2: Language, Dialogue, and Translation: The Human Relevance of the Comparative Study of Language 61
9. 3: Language Interaction and Language Change: Humboldt on the Kawi Language of Java 81
10. 4: Humboldt, “Orientalism,” and Understanding the Other 92
11. 5: Humboldt, Translation, and Dialogue between Faiths: Emmanuel Levinas, Stanley Hauerwas, and Shahab Ahmed 106
12. 6: Scriptural Reasoning: Dialogue and Translation in Practice 154
13. 7: Secularity and Communities of Faith in the Public Sphere 171
14. 8: Wilhelm von Humboldt: Translation, Dialogue, and the Modern University 189
15. Bibliography 229
16. Index 243