Matters of Translation

Liv Egholm; “Matters of Translations” in Breaching the Civil Order. Ed. Alexander, J., Stack, T. & Khosrokhavar, F. Cambridge University Press. 2019 (in print Nov19)

Abstract:

This comment on the volume of Breaching the Civil Order discusses how radical acts potentially breach the civil order from a Civil Sphere Theory (CST). Even if radical acts can be differentiated between denying, challenging and disputing the logic of civil sphere (Alexander& Stack, 2018: X), it is paramount how they are interpreted and dealt with in the translation process. Through Peirce´s modes of inquiry, three modes of translating disruptions and disturbances can be detected: authoritative, a priori or abductive. These modes help us detect why and how some radical acts cause breaches of the boundaries and hence wedge open the civil sphere, while others do not. Discussing how radical acts are volatile and stable at the same time, the importance of translation processes, different modes of translations, and need to study them from a historical approach is stressed and point to a rethinking of the relationship between discursive and regulative institutions, and the possibility of co-existing multiple civil spheres. As such, the contribution encourages scrutiny of the translation processes of the CST framework: stressing them as an important hallmark of the CST.

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