Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks (Hardcover)

Name: Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks
Author: Guilherme Fians

Language Politics, Digital Media and the Making of an International Community

von Guilherme Fians Verlag: Springer International Publishing

1st ed. 2021 - Erschienen 05.01.2022 - Gebunden, 292 Seiten, 216mm x 153mm x 21mm, Sprache(n): eng

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Constitutes the first book-length ethnography of Esperanto speakers and their cross-border sense of communityChallenges ideas about how loosely-established and geographically dispersed communities gain momentum and endureArgues that the internet has brought about changes in language ideologies, learning and use

This book explores how Esperanto ¿ often regarded as a future-oriented utopian project that ended up confined to the past ¿ persists in the present. Constructed in the late nineteenth century to promote global linguistic understanding, this language was historically linked to anarchism, communism and pacifism. Yet, what political relevance does Esperanto retain in the present? What impacts have emerging communication technologies had on the dynamics of this speech community? Unpacking how Esperanto speakers are everywhere, but concentrated nowhere, the author argues that digital media have provided tools for people to (re)politicise acts of communication, produce horizontal learning spaces and, ultimately, build an international community. As Esperanto speakers question the post-political consensus about communication rights, this language becomes an ally of activism for open-source software and global social justice. This book will be of relevance to students and scholars researchingpolitical activism, language use and community-building, as well as anyone with an interest in digital media more broadly.

Guilherme Fians is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Brasília, Brazil and Co-Director of the Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, Netherlands/USA.

Guilherme Fians is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Brasília, Brazil and Co-Director of the Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, Netherlands/USA.

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