Get fulltext from our e-platform
Beyond Babel
Scholarly organizations and the study of languages and literatures
The contribution that scholarly organizations make to the study of languages and literatures is a service to the value of systematically learning and using meaning—understanding that meaning operates in systems. Constructively speaking, these organizations support the teaching and research of our world’s experts in grammar, genre, medium, production, reception, exchange, critique, appreciation, and so on. More defensively, they are bulwarks against systems of misinformation, against the empowerment of misrepresentation and distrust between people.
The chapters in this volume range from the Old Testament to Facebook and from East Asia to West Africa via Australia, the Americas, and Europe. The scholarly strength forged across that range speaks to similar strengths that so many scholarly organizations devoted to studies in languages and literatures have cultivated and maintained—often in the face of government indifference or hostility towards the Humanities. Beyond Babel makes a powerful case for their potential.
The chapters in this volume range from the Old Testament to Facebook and from East Asia to West Africa via Australia, the Americas, and Europe. The scholarly strength forged across that range speaks to similar strengths that so many scholarly organizations devoted to studies in languages and literatures have cultivated and maintained—often in the face of government indifference or hostility towards the Humanities. Beyond Babel makes a powerful case for their potential.
[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures, 18] 2022. xv, 240 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 27 September 2022
Published online on 27 September 2022
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Series editor’s preface | pp. ix–x
- Author biographies | pp. xi–xvi
- ForewordTom Clark | pp. 1–12
- Chapter 1. History and prophecy: A Janus-faced account of FILLM from 1990 to 2050Roger D. Sell | pp. 13–24
- Chapter 2. Gender in the structure and intellectual fields of three professional associationsMargaret R. Higonnet | pp. 25–41
- Chapter 3. Towards the development of linguistics in West Africa: The contributions of the West African linguistic societyLendzemo Constantine Yuka and Adams Bodomo | pp. 43–58
- Chapter 4. Associations and academies: Their roles in the contemporary worldLiliana Sikorska | pp. 59–75
- Chapter 5. Views on “World Literature”: Cultural transfer and translation in the context of an Online International Exchange (OIE) project – A case study of China, the Netherlands and SwedenPetra Broomans, Feng Duan and Andreas Hedberg | pp. 77–95
- Chapter 6. Horizontal + Vertical: My activities in two learned societiesShin-ichi Morimoto | pp. 97–111
- Chapter 7. Academics, politics and learned societies in contemporary ChinaCao Li | pp. 113–128
- Chapter 8. Learned societies and challenges for humanities research in ChinaLi (Lily) Cai and Geoff Hall | pp. 129–148
- Chapter 9. Thinking about the future of the HumanitiesEdda Weigand | pp. 149–168
- Chapter 10. Learned societies and the new media: A surveyAdam Borch | pp. 169–194
- Chapter 11. Education leads us up and out: How might scholarly organizations sharpen their focus on learning?Tom Clark | pp. 195–212
- AfterwordTom Clark and Paddy Gordon | pp. 213–218
- Consolidated bibliography | pp. 219–232
- Index | pp. 233–240