In conversation with Massimo Fagioli

Abstract

In 2022, the French translation of Massimo Fagioli first theoretical volume, Death instinct and knowledge, has been published by L’Asino d’oro publishing house. The conversation reported in this article allows to gain an insight into what happened during the linguistic discussions carried out by the translators’ team. The intense debate that took place between the author and the three translators shows the detailed work on terminological and linguistic research which has been fundamental to explore different linguistic solutions able to transmit into another language the originality of the content elaborated in the volume.