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Nomadic concepts: Biological concepts and their careers beyond biology

Nomadic concepts: Biological concepts and their careers beyond biology
Nomadic concepts: Biological concepts and their careers beyond biology
This article introduces a collection of studies of biological concepts crossing over to other disciplines and nonscholarly discourses. The introduction discusses the notion of nomadic concepts as introduced by Isabelle Stengers and explores its usability for conceptual history. Compared to traveling (Mieke Bal) and interdisciplinary (Ernst Müller) concepts, the idea of nomadism shifts the attention from concepts themselves toward the mobility of a concept and its effects. The metaphor of nomadism, as outlined in the introduction, helps also to question the relation between concepts’ movement and the production of boundaries. In this way conceptual history can profit from interaction with translation studies, where similar processes were recently discussed under the notion of cultural translation.
Biology, history of concepts, history of science, nomadic concepts, translation
1807-9326
1-17
Surman, Jan
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Stráner, Katalin
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Haslinger, Peter
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Surman, Jan
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Stráner, Katalin
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Haslinger, Peter
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Surman, Jan, Stráner, Katalin and Haslinger, Peter (2014) Nomadic concepts: Biological concepts and their careers beyond biology. Contributions to the History of Concepts, 9 (2), 1-17. (doi:10.3167/choc.2014.090201).

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This article introduces a collection of studies of biological concepts crossing over to other disciplines and nonscholarly discourses. The introduction discusses the notion of nomadic concepts as introduced by Isabelle Stengers and explores its usability for conceptual history. Compared to traveling (Mieke Bal) and interdisciplinary (Ernst Müller) concepts, the idea of nomadism shifts the attention from concepts themselves toward the mobility of a concept and its effects. The metaphor of nomadism, as outlined in the introduction, helps also to question the relation between concepts’ movement and the production of boundaries. In this way conceptual history can profit from interaction with translation studies, where similar processes were recently discussed under the notion of cultural translation.

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Published date: 1 December 2014
Keywords: Biology, history of concepts, history of science, nomadic concepts, translation

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Local EPrints ID: 413985
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/413985
ISSN: 1807-9326
PURE UUID: 9fdcd418-72e1-467d-8101-01ada0bc7b5c
ORCID for Katalin Stráner: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5237-5758

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Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:32

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Author: Jan Surman
Author: Katalin Stráner ORCID iD
Author: Peter Haslinger

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