Subalternity and translation: The cultural apparatus of human rights
- 2011
- p.23-26.
- Feb 26
What happens when we frame human rights within a cultural context and not just a juridical-political one? This article argues that the cultural apparatus of human rights requires English and translation. This in no way undermines the mother tongue, the vernacular or the local;instead the language of the other enables us to engage with the other so that we reflect upon ourselves. -- Reproduced.