The Vanishing Mediator and Linguistic Hospitality
Authors
Bottone, Angelo
Issue Date
2010
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Department of Philosophy of the University of Santo Tomas (UST)
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Abstract
In We, the People of Europe? Balibar argues for a Europe as the interpreter of the world, a ‘vanishing mediator’ translating languages and cultures. Ricoeur in his last works has considered translation as a paradigm of the attitude towards the other, holding the view that the ethical purposes relating to linguistic hospitality are the model for any kind of hospitality. I intend to contrast Balibar’s vanishing mediator with Ricoeur’s concept of linguistic hospitality.