Ahd Othman

Eurocentrism, Qurʾanic Translation and Decoloniality

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Produktbeschreibung

Eurocentrism, Qur anic Translation and Decoloniality contributes to the understanding of Eurocentrism in Translation Studies and engages with the concept through the lens of scholarship on Arabic and Qur an translation.

This book calls for a deeper consideration of Eurocentrism as essential for several debates in the discipline, including its scientific character and future development. It claims that the angle of Arabic and Qur an translation is a valuable - and nearly unexploited - area where tensions in translation scholarship can play out in revealing ways. The book also draws connections between Eurocentrism, Qur an translation and decolonial thought in order to highlight 'decoloniality' as a useful framework for imagining a post-Eurocentric discipline.

The book will appeal to scholars and postgraduate students and researchers interested in Translation Studies, particularly within the areas of Arabic, Qur anic, Islamic and religious translation.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Arabic Translation
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9781032520926
• ISBN-10: 1032520922
• Artikelnr.: 70146437

Autorenporträt

Ahd Othman, Visiting Research Associate at the University of Bristol

Inhaltsangabe

Arabic transliteration key

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter I - Eurocentrism: a conceptual framework

1.1 Europe as a cultural unity

1.2 Greece and Rome

1.3 The Judeo-Christian tradition

1.4 Enlightenment and science

1.5 European superiority: solipsism and power

Eurocentrism's problems in TS

1.6 Reservations about the critique of Eurocentrism

Conclusion

Chapter II - Quantifying Eurocentrism: a bibliometric approach

2.1 Sampling Arabic translation

2.2 Bibliometrics

2.3 Quantifying Eurocentrism

2.4 Scope of data and tools

2.5 Data results and analysis

2.5.1 The Bibliography of Interpreting and Translation (BITRA)

2.5.2 The Translation Studies Bibliography (TSB)

Limitations of the bibliometric approach

2.6 Methodologies, scientificity and Eurocentrism

The qualitative-quantitative divide

Conclusion

Chapter III - Eurocentrism through a qualitative lens: the case of Qur an translation

3.1 Sampling Qur an translation

3.2 Thematic Analysis

3.3 Themes and subthemes identified in the articles

3.3.1 Qur an translation with biblical touchstones

(a) Christian translators' key role in Qur an translation history

(b) Biblical referentiality

(c) (Un)translatability

(d) Linguistic focus and Translation Quality Assessment (TQA)

3.3.2 Politics of representation

(e) The Qur an in the scheme of things

(f) Regimes of epistemic authority

(g) Macro-narratives

Conclusion

Chapter IV - Decoloniality, liberation theology and translation

4.1 Reference works

4.2 Decoloniality and Translation Studies

4.3 Decoloniality and liberatory Islam

Islamic liberation theology

4.4 Tawhid and Qur an translation

Implications for translation

4.5 Other 'others'

Conclusion

Concluding remarks

Appendix 1: 50 most frequent words in the 'subject' field of the BITRA sample

Appendix 2: 25 most frequent words in the 'keyword' field of the TSB sample

Appendix 3: Codes generated and compiled after the first coding sweep

Appendix 4: Codes refined and grouped after the second coding sweep

Index

Rezensionen

"This book engages critically with the concept of Eurocentrism arguing that it straightjackets our understanding of the field of Qur'an translation. Through a close and careful examination of bibliographic databases and scholarship on the subject, the author argues for decoloniality as a useful framework for imagining a post-Eurocentric discipline and for the conception of the field of Qur'anic translation."

Dr Ahmed Elimam, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

"Based on meticulous research, Eurocentrism, Qur anic Translation and Decoloniality offers a detailed picture of Eurocentrism's impact on, and distortions of, research in Translation Studies as well as concrete and compelling proposals for decolonial interventions. An important contribution to the field."

Dr Neil Sadler, University of Leeds, United Kingdom