Fwd: Dialectic of Enlightenment translations

[L Spencer]

Perhaps before you get round to a review you would just give us a 
few pointed comparisons. A few lines (old vs. new) to give us a 
sense of whether there has been much movement.

Lloyd Spencer


On 15 Jun 2003, at 20:31, Andrew Perrin wrote:

> 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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> 
> On Sun, 15 Jun 2003, Ralph Dumain wrote:
> 
> >
> > >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
> >
> >
>