Overview
Examines in depth that sad fate of the internationalist movement for a new world language, Esperanto
Offers the reader insight into archival materials documenting the persecution and mistreatment of the speakers and supporters of Esperanto in the modern ideological landscape of the 20th century
Uncovers the resurrection of Esperantism in the late Soviet period, suggesting its contribution to the downfall of the Soviet Union
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Death of Esperanto in the Soviet Union
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Conclusion
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“The history of Esperanto is usually related by Esperantists, for Esperantists — and in Esperanto. This expanded translation of Ulrich Lins’s decades of research into the persecution of Esperantists makes for fascinating reading well beyond that community. Esperanto has no homeland, and for that very reason drew the ire of nationalists and other ideologues from across the political spectrum. This is, in short, nothing less than an alternative history of nationalism.” (Michael D. Gordin, Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Princeton University, US)
“This book gives a carefully supported account of a crucial aspect of the Esperanto movement’s history, focusing on political repression by totalitarian regimes, especially those of Hitler and Stalin. It also sheds light on opposition elsewhere and is eye-opening for anyone interested in language policy and global communication.” (Ulrich Ammon, Emeritus Professor of Germanic Linguistics at Duisberg-Essen University, Germany)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Humphrey Tonkin is President Emeritus of the University of Hartford, USA, where he served as University Professor of Humanities. He studied English and comparative literature at Cambridge and Harvard (Ph.D. 1966) and has written widely on literary topics and on international education and language policy. He has published numbers of translations from English to Esperanto and from Esperanto to English.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dangerous Language — Esperanto and the Decline of Stalinism
Authors: Ulrich Lins
Translated by: Humphrey Tonkin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-352-00020-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-352-00019-1Published: 20 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95801-6Published: 15 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-352-00020-7Published: 09 February 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 198
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Language History, Russian, Soviet, and East European History, History of Germany and Central Europe