German Philosophy in English Translation: Postwar Translation History and the Making of the Contemporary Anglophone Humanities

This book traces the translation history of German philosophy, with long and well-justified layovers in Paris, proposing an innovative translation strategy toward addressing the long-standing difficulties in its translation.

Spencer Hawkins is a Research Fellow in Translation Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. He publishes in Translation Studies, German Studies, and Cultural Studies, and he translates philosophically oriented books. Along with Lavinia Heller, he is co-editing a special issue of Target on migrant scholars’ self-translations.