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He relates it to religion, politics, and the universe as a whole, and often seems to be insinuating that language can be a kind of controlling force. Steiner will be best remembered for after babel 1975, one of the most seminal yet accessible works on translation and its centrality in human understanding, and in relations between cultures. One rockpoint standing buffetted alone, vexed at its base with a foul beast unknown, hellspurge ofgeomaunt and teraphim. The objective of after babel is clearly delineated in the prefaceprefaces, and the six chapters that comprise it are well organized.
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