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Monolingualism of the Other - or, The Prosthesis of Origin (Paperback, Revised)
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Monolingualism of the Other - or, The Prosthesis of Origin (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Cultural Memory in the Present
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Loot Price R567
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"I have but one language--yet that language is not mine." This book
intertwines theoretical reflection with historical and cultural
particularity to enunciate, then analyze this conundrum in terms of
the author's own relationship to the French language.
The book operates on three levels. At the first level, a
theoretical inquiry investigates the relation between individuals
and their "own" language. It also explores the structural limits,
desires, and interdictions inherent in such "possession," as well
as the corporeal aspect of language (its accents, tones, and
rhythms) and the question of the "countability" of languages (that
is, their discreteness or factual givenness).
At the second level, the author testifies to aspects of his
acculturation as an Algerian Jew with respect to language
acquisition, schooling, citizenship, and the dynamics of
cultural-political exclusion and inclusion. At the third level, the
book is comparative, drawing on statements from a wide range of
figures, from the Moroccan Abdelkebir Khatibi to Franz Rosenzweig,
Gershom Scholem, Hannah Arendt, and Emmanuel Levinas.
Since one of the book's central themes is the question of
linguistic and cultural identity, its argument touches on several
issues relevant to the current debates on multiculturalism. These
issues include the implementation of colonialism in the schools,
the tacit or explicit censorship that excludes other (indigenous)
languages from serious critical consideration, the investment in an
ideal of linguistic purity, and the problematics of translation.
The author also reveals the complex interplay of psychological
factors that invests the subject of identity with the desire to
recover a "lost" language of origin and with the ambition to master
the language of the colonizer.
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