MÁCHA, Jakub. Beispiel/by-play in Hegel's Writings. Verifiche. 2020, vol. 49, 1-2, p. 227-241. ISSN 0391-4186.
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Original name Beispiel/by-play in Hegel's Writings
Authors MÁCHA, Jakub (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Verifiche, 2020, 0391-4186.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60301 Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Country of publisher Italy
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/20:00114341
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
UT WoS 000622972600014
Keywords in English Hegel; translation; pun; example; by-play
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
In the sense-certainty chapter of the Phenomenology of Spirit, we find one of Hegel’s famous puns, which utilizes homophonic affinities and differences between the verb beiherspielen and the noun Beispiel. I argue that the effect of this pun is that the word Beispiel acquires, beyond its usual meaning of ‘example’ or ‘instance’, the meaning of a play of something inessential, a play in passing. After reviewing all available translations into English, I suggest that, in order to preserve this wordplay, one can translate Beispiel as ‘by-play’. Furthermore, I analyse other occurrences of the word beiherspielen in the Phenomenology and elsewhere in Hegel’s texts. Next, I focus on the crucial importance of this pun for Derrida’s interpretation and critique of Hegel’s dialectic. Only for a certain loose translation of beiherspielen does Derrida’s reasoning appear plausible. I conclude with a discussion of the ideal of terminological uniformity in translating Hegel’s texts. In preserving the wordplay by translating Beispiel as ‘by-play’, one is forced to sacrifice the uniformity of translation.
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