Dangerous Language - Esperanto and the Decline of Stalinism

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...

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Main Author Lins, Ulrich (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
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
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781352000207
DOI10.1057/978-1-352-00020-7
Physical DescriptionXIX, 198 p. 22 illus., 2 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • - PART I: THE DEATH OF ESPERANTO IN THE SOVIET UNION
  • Chapter 1: The events of 1937-38
  • Chapter 2: Esperantists in the Great Purge
  • Chapter 3: The emergence of Soviet patriotism
  • Chapter 4: International correspondence
  • Chapter 5: Silence descends
  • PART II: ESPERANTO REBORN
  • Chapter 6: After the Second World War: The Great Silence in Eastern Europe
  • Chapter 7: Stalin against Marr
  • Chapter 8: The needs of the present
  • Chapter 9: Revival of the movement
  • Chapter 10: Eastern Europe: progress and problems
  • Chapter 11: The Soviet Union: between hope and doubt
  • PART III: CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 12: Conclusion: Dangerous Language or Language of Hope?.

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