The pleasure in not understanding a language can be awesome
From foreign speech to unfamiliar script, not understanding a language can be an awesome way to understand otherness
by Keith Kahn-Harris
Keith Kahn-Harris is a sociologist who combines freelance writing with an academic teaching and research career at institutions including Leo Baeck College, Birkbeck College and the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. His work has been published by The Guardian, New Humanist and Prospect, among others, and his latest book is The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language (2021). He lives in London.
Written by Keith Kahn-Harris