Languages and Nationalism Instead of Empires (Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe)

Synopsis

This volume probes into the mechanisms of how languages are created, legitimized, maintained, or destroyed in the service of the extant nation-states across Central Europe. Through chapters from contributors in North America, Europe, and Asia, the book offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the rise of the ethnolinguistic nation-state during the past century as the sole legitimate model of statehood in today’s Central Europe. The collection’s focus is on the last three decades, namely the postcommunist period, taking into consideration the effects of the recent rise of cyberspace and the resulting radical forms of populism across contemporary Central Europe. It analyses languages and their uses not as given by history, nature, or deity, but as constructs produced, changed, maintained, and abandoned by humans and their groups. In this way, the volume contributes saliently to the store of knowledge on the latest social (sociolinguistic) and political history of the region’s languages, including their functioning in respective national polities and on the internet. Languages and Nationalism Instead of Empires is a compelling resource for historians, linguists, and political scientists who work on Central and Eastern Europe.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

268 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000936049

Related ISBNs:

9781032559988, 9781003034025, 9780367471910

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

09/07/23

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Motoki Nomachi and Tomasz Kamusella

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Motoki Nomachi

Edited by:

Tomasz Kamusella