Translators as cosmopolitans?

Christina Schäffner

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    Abstract

    Modern cosmopolitans are compulsive explorers in search of knowledge of world cultures; their role as translators of different languages enhances cross-cultural understanding. Defined as "world citizen", the cosmopolitan emerges as a habitual city-dweller whose existence coincides with the emergence of the modern metropolis. Whether as Kant's blueprint for "world peace" or Goethe's "world literature", this study of cosmo-politanism introduces profiles of authors and intellectuals whose contribution to German and Austrian literary culture spans the globe.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCosmopolitans in the modern world
    Subtitle of host publicationStudies on a theme in German and Austrian literary culture
    EditorsSuzanne Kirkbright
    Place of PublicationMünich (DE)
    PublisherIudicium
    Pages96-110
    Number of pages15
    ISBN (Print)3-89129-629-0, 978-3-89129-629-5
    Publication statusPublished - 2000

    Keywords

    • cosmopolitans
    • coincides
    • metropolis
    • literary
    • globe

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