Dangerous Language - Esperanto and the Decline of Stalinism

• Main Author: Lins, Ulrich (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Europe, Central > History.; Russia > History.; Europe, Eastern > History.; Applied linguistics.; Sociolinguistics.; Historical linguistics.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781352000207
• DOI: 10.1057/978-1-352-00020-7
• Physical Description: XIX, 198 p. 22 illus., 2 illus. in color. online resource.

This book examines the rise of the international language Esperanto, launched in 1887 as a proposed a solution to national conflicts and a path to a more tolerant world. The chapters in this volume examine the position of Esperanto in Eastern Europe during the Cold War; in particular it explores Sta...