| Description |
1 online resource (142 pages) |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Instead of a Preface; System and Function; Meaning; Double Contingency; Communication and Action; System and Environment; Interpenetration; The Individuality of Psychic Systems; Structure and Time; Contradiction and Conflict; Society and Interaction; Self-Reference and Rationality; Consequences for Epistemology; References; Subject-Index; Index of Names |
| Summary |
Long description: The present essay is an attempt to apply the German sociologist Niklas Luhmann's "Social Systems" theory to translation. Luhmann's book unfolds a theoretical view of human society as a closed system. In trying to apply it to translation as a practical communicative complexity, especially from the perspective of a functional model as e.g. the "skopos" theory, certain features discussed in Luhmann will prove to be helpful for a better understanding of the concept of translation, others must be reinterpreted for the present purpose. The "fragments" now published follow Luhmann's considerations as closely as possible, but refrain from drawing detailed parallels to "translation" as a complex system |
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Biographical note: Prof. Dr. Hans J. Vermeer taught Portuguese and translation theory at the universities of Mainz and Heidelberg. Retired since 1992, he nonetheless continued to accompany the development of translation theories and to teach in various universities abroad. His work comprises (mostly unpublished) lectures and contributions to conferences and publications on Translation Studies, medieval German specialized literature and South Asian languages |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Luhmann, Niklas, 1927-1998. Soziale Systeme
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Luhmann, Niklas 1927-1998 Soziale Systeme gnd |
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Luhmann, Niklas. swd |
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Soziale Systeme (Luhmann, Niklas) fast |
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Soziale Systeme. swd |
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Translating and interpreting -- Theory, etc
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Social systems.
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System theory.
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Intercultural communication.
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Intercultural communication
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Social systems
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System theory
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Theorie
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Übersetzung
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783865969255 |
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3865969259 |
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3865961029 |
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9783865961020 |
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