Omid Tofighian

Creating New Languages of Resistance

Translation, Public Philosophy and Border Violence

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Produktbeschreibung

Omid Tofighian has been engaged in philosophical, artistic and political work with displaced, exiled and incarcerated peoples for 25 years. Creating New Languages of Resistance is an intellectual and personal reflection on creative resistance; addressesing critical issues pertaining to epistemic injustice, kyriarchy and border violence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032596266
• ISBN-10: 1032596260
• Artikelnr.: 71303420

Autorenporträt

Omid Tofighian is an Associate Lecturer at Central Queensland University, Australia. His publications include Myth and Philosophy in Platonic Dialogues (2016) and translation of Behrouz Boochani's No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Translation practice and public philosophy/creative
resistance and collective knowledge
1. Translation as Resistance: Creating New Languages Through Collaboration
2. Translation and Public Philosophy: Foundations for New Knowledges
3. Collaboration, Activism, Translation and Storytelling: Revisiting the
23-Day Siege on Manus Prison
4. Translation, Public Philosophy and Creative Work
5. Border-Industrial Complex
Conclusion: More Translator's Reflections