This book explores the interrelated subjects of philosophy of translation and the critique of globalization. Taking a specifically deconstructive-Marxist approach, Lezra examines the concept of translation through the lens of political philosophy, political economy and comparative literature.

Jacques Lezra is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of California-Riverside. His publications include Lucretius and Modernity (co-edited with Liza Blake, Palgrave, 2016) and Wild Materialism: The Ethic of Terror and the Modern Republic (Fordham UP, 2010).

Introduction: This Untranslatability Which is Not One / 1. Two Dogmas of Translation / 2. On Contingency in Translation / 3. Nationum origo / 4. Sovereignty or Translation / 5. What is Possible in Machine Translation / 6. The Animal in Translation / Conclusion / Bibliography / Index