Language, nation, and state
Subtitle: identity politics in a multilingual age
By: edited by Tony Judt and Denis Lacorne.
Contributors: Judt, Tony.; Lacorne, Denis.; Fondation nationale des sciences politiques. Centre d'études et de recherches internationales.; Remarque Institute (New York University)
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Europe in transition; Europe in transition (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Language and languages -- Political aspects -- Congresses.; Multilingualism -- Political aspects -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Work titles: Politique de Babel. English.
Description: "In this collection of original essays Denis Lacorne and Tony Judt have brought together ten experts from North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and Israel to address the legal, communal, historical and political dimensions of this "language question" in modern and modernizing societies. Ranging from the conflict between French and Occitan in the construction of modern France to the future of language use on the Internet, Language, Nation, and State contributes to some of the most contentious debates of our time: What are the sources of ethnic conflict? Is multiculturalism a solution to the problems of linguistic minorities? Are there any models of successful multilingual and stable societies? The authors have no single answer to propose to these questions but no one with an interest in them - which is to say no one actively concerned with the dilemmas of our contemporary world - can ignore the issues raised in this book."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Papers presented at a conference held in Paris in Sept. 1998, co-sponsored by the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales and the Remarque Institute.

"The present edition follows the French version, except for the Introduction which has been re-cast for an English readership."--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.