Fwd: Dialectic of Enlightenment translations

[Andrew Perrin]

I have the new translation and have read parts of it. I have been planning
to write a review of the new translation for _Social Forces_ (of which I
am book review editor). I have no idea if or when I'll actually get around
to it though.

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Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin@unc.edu - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
 Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
      269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA


On Sun, 15 Jun 2003, Ralph Dumain wrote:

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> >To: marxistphilosophy@yahoogroups.com
> >From: "marcus battle" <marcusb49@excite.com>
> >Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 17:38:59 -0400 (EDT)
> >Subject: [marxistphilosophy] a lurker chimes in...
> >Reply-To: marxistphilosophy@yahoogroups.com
> >
> >
> >greetings all,
> >
> >my name is marcus battle and i am entering the third year of my ph.d work
> >here at the university of memphis.
> >
> >now that the introduction is out of the way, i have a pretty straight
> >forward question...well, a couple actually--first, i heard from a prof.
> >here that there is a new translation of The Dialectic of Enlightenment and
> >i was wondering if anyone on the list has checked it out yet. second, if
> >so, i would very much like to know a) what the problems were with the
> >previous translation and b) how this one is an improvement (if at all). i
> >haven't read the book but, having suffered through another round of
> >comprehensive exams, was entertaining the idea of reading it. then i found
> >out about the new translation, and was wondering whether reading the old
> >one would even be worth it in the end.
> >
> ><end transmission>
> >
> >marcus
>
>