Sep 2026· Language Problems and Language Planning· 0 citations· 54 references
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While acknowledging the innovative thrust of the sociolinguistics of globalization as a dominant branch of
sociolinguistics in the first quarter of the 21st century, this paper questions some of its sweeping generalizations when it comes
to portraying the contributions of ‘older’ branches of sociolinguistics (including so-called ‘Fishmanian sociolinguistics’) to the
advancement of the study of language in society. By respectfully drawing on the work of a variety of scholars, it seeks to
highlight how a systematic historiography of the ideas, beliefs, and conceptual frameworks that have shaped and continue to shape
sociolinguistics can help to offer a richer and more nuanced sense of its colorful past as a basis to face some of the societal
challenges ahead. It is argued that such an approach could be particularly beneficial for language policy and planning as a field
of study that seeks to bridge the divide between academia and real life.
This article argues that the genocide in Gaza should raise foundational questions for social theory, engendering a radical re-evaluation of fundamental questions about knowledge, the age of colonial modernity, and decolonization. Drawing on decolonial theorists and studies, I focus on what lived realities of Palestinia...
M. Ayyash· European Journal of Social T...· 0 citations
This article argues that Jacques Derrida’s notion of spectrality provides a critical key for re-inscribing the Hegelian legacy of universal history from colonial and postcolonial experiences. Methodologically, it adopts a theoretical-conceptual analysis of deconstructive and dialectical inspiration, articulating an imm...
Bráulio Rodrigues· Simbiótica. Revista Eletrôni...· 0 citations
This article provides a brief response to contributions by Bartmanski and Phillips, and Hewson. While acknowledging the importance of their innovative and quite different deployment of Foucauldian analytical tools to the analysis of culture as a way of life and the possible erasure of humanity, respectively, it also id...
Siniša Malešević· Dialogues in Sociology· 1 citation
This volume brings together leading thinkers who offer reflections on the place of Western civilization in the academy, at a time when there is indifference or even antipathy toward the study of the West at most institutions of higher learning. Alternative narratives—including multiculturalism, diversity, and sustainab...
Abstract Recent years have witnessed a waning trust in institutions and radical challenges to democratic governance even in resilient democracies, leading to increasing concerns about democratic backsliding and an overall crisis of democracy. The emerging technoliberal rationality, with its neoreactionary tendencies, h...
This essay draws attention to the social processes that shape law. It argues, therefore, that processes of political institutionalisation arise out of sociocultural conflicts resolved through force in favour of a single collective actor, albeit only in relative and historically provisional terms. This essay seeks to...
E. Bevilacqua· International Journal for th...· 0 citations
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