Translation, in Gramsci and Benjamin, functions as a point of condensation and exemplification of their other aesthetic, philosophical, historical and political interests.
This Guest Lecture is the Keynote speech of the conference “Passagen: Walter Benjamin und Antonio Gramsci“ at the Institut für Romanistik der Universität Wien, in cooperation with the Arbeitskreis Kulturanalyse (aka):
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The term ›Eurasian steppe peoples‹ conjures up a homogenous image of mounted warriors wielding bows and arrows and the famous Attila the Hun. However, the various peoples from the Eurasian steppe of the Pre-Mongolian era were more diverse than such stereotypes allow.