At the beginning of the 16th century, bilingual dictionaries experienced remarkable expansion. Do these works reflect the emergence of a social and historical vision of language or are they part of the project of an ontological ordering of the world? This quest for a common linguistic framework appears as a response to the crumbling of the biblical idea of an original language.
Faced with the extraordinary diversity of Amerindian languages, Europeans created, through dictionaries, a space for translation. However, it is still possible to escape from the universe created by “ lexicographic reason » to explore its flaws and discern forms of world construction that the ontology of language had erased.
An internationally renowned historian, Serge Gruzinski teaches history in France (EHESS), the United States (Princeton) and Brazil (University of Pará, Belém). Specialist in Iberian globalization in the 16th century, he is the author of numerous works, including Métis Thought (Fayard-Pluriel, 2012), The Eagle and the Dragon (Fayard, 2012) and, more recently, Conversation with a mestizo from New Spain (Fayard, 2020).
The Martine Aublet Prize jury:
Xavier Darcos, of the French Academy, President of the Jury
Dominique Bourgois, Editor
Emmanuel Kasarhérou, President of the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac
Benoît de L’Estoile, Director of the research and development department
teaching at the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac
Alain Minc
Malcy Ozannat, Editor
Bruno Roger, President of the Martine Aublet Foundation
Baptiste Roger-Lacan
Mathieu Roger-Lacan
Carlo Severi, Director of Studies at EHESS and Research Director at CNRS,
member of the social anthropology laboratory of the Collège de France
Alina Gurdiel, Coordinator of the Martine Auble Foundation Prize
The list since its creation:
2012 I Françoise Héritier – The Salt of Life, Éditions Odile Jacob
2014 I Maurice Godelier – Lévi-Strauss, Éditions du Seuil
2015 I Emmanuelle Loyer – Lévi-Strauss, Éditions Flammarion
2016 I Philippe Paquet – Simon Leys, Éditions Gallimard
2018 I Sanjay Subrahmanyam – India under the eyes of Europe, Alma Editeur
2019 I Michael Lucken – Greek Japan, Éditions Gallimard
2020 I Gilles Havard – Phantom America. The French-speaking adventurers of New
World, Éditions Flammarion
2021 I Philippe Descola – The Forms of the Visible, Éditions du Seuil
2022 I Jean-Claude Monod (dir) – Lévi-Strauss Dictionary, Éditions Bouquins
2023 I Silvia Ferrara – Before writing, Éditions du Seuil
Photo credits: Martine Aublet Foundation Prize
By Hocine Bouhadjera
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