Language and Minority Rights: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Politics of Language - Couverture souple

May, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 058240455X ISBN 13 : 9780582404557

Editeur : Pearson Education Limited, 2001

Synopsis

A provocative and ground-breaking contribution to the debate on language and identity.

Calling for a major reappraisal of the long-held consensus in the sociology of ethnicity and nationalism – and to a lesser extent in the sociology of language – that dismisses language as an important feature of individual and collective identity. Using examples of many language-based historical and contemporary ethnic and ethno-national movements and conflicts, the author pinpoints the causes of many of these conflicts within the nation-state and its preoccupation with establishing a ‘common’ language and culture via mass education.

Shortlisted for the 2002 BAAL Book Prize

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'This is a fine example of a rich, innovative and pluralistic interpretation of minority language rights and needs the world over.... With this book, cultural democracy arguments take a real step ahead. Bravo!'
Professor Joshua A. Fishman, Stanford University and Yeshiva University.                               '...presents the basics in the same clear and articulate fashion that characterises the entire book, making it very suitable for use as a textbook in undergraduate studies.'
The Global Review of Ethnopolitics. 
 

Calling for a major reappraisal of the long-held consensus in the sociology of ethnicity and nationalism – and to a lesser extent in the sociology of language – that dismisses language as an important feature of individual and collective identity. Using examples of many language-based historical and contemporary ethnic and ethno-national movements and conflicts, the author pinpoints the causes of many of these conflicts within the nation-state and its preoccupation with establishing a ‘common’ language and culture via mass education.

Shortlisted for the 2002 BAAL Book Prize

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education Limited
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 058240455X
• ISBN 13: 9780582404557
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible