The question of linguistic minorities and the debates on cultural sovereignty

  1. Amezaga-Albizu, Josu 1
  2. Martínez-Martínez, Josu 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

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Revista:
Catalan journal of communication & cultural studies

ISSN: 1757-1898

Año de publicación: 2019

Volumen: 11

Número: 1

Páginas: 99-114

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1386/CJCS.11.1.99_1 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Catalan journal of communication & cultural studies

Resumen

When observing certain global debates in recent decades on the defence of national cultural and linguistic spaces, one finds what seems to be a paradox: states that were historically constructed by homogenizing cultures and stifling languages in their territory (even states that were until recently accused of promoting cultural imperialism), now seem to be resorting to defensive arguments traditionally used by threatened minorities. This reaction is based on the perception that flows linked to globalization, migratory movements and the development of telecommunications are threatening the linguistic and cultural space of the nation, and therefore the nation itself, and could thus suggest a confluence of arguments between states and minorities. As in any paradox, we are not only faced with statements that apparently depart from common sense, but instead with a complex reality, whose understanding poses a challenge. In this article, we will try to analyse, from the point of view of the linguistic minorities, the limits of the arguments wielded by the states in defence of their national space, as well as the possibilities those minorities have of resorting to the discourses constructed at a global level in defence of diversity.

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