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Informationen zum Autor Roberto Garvia is Associate Professor of Sociology at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Klappentext Roberto Garvia is Associate Professor of Sociology at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Zusammenfassung Roberto Garvia explores the history of artificial spoken or written languages and the people who fought for them. Taking the three most prominent-Volapuk! Esperanto! and Ido-Garvia investigates what drove so many to invest incredible energy and time to learn and promote them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. The Emergence of Linguistic Conscience PART I. VOLAPUKÜK Chapter 2. A Language in Search of a Problem Chapter 3. Who Were the Volapükists? Chapter 4. "Pandemonium in the Tower of Babel": The Language Critics Chapter 5. "Strangled in the House of Its Friends": Volapük's Demise Chapter 6. "My Troubled Child": The Artist and the Kulturkampf PART II. ESPERANTO Chapter 7. "The Purpose of My Whole Life": Zamenhof and Esperanto Chapter 8. "Let Us Work and Have Hope!": Language and Democracy Chapter 9. "The Menacing Thunderstorm of Reforms": First Esperantists and First Crises Chapter 10. The French Resurgence Chapter 11. "Bringing Together the Whole Human Race": Esperanto's Inner Idea PART III. THE ESPERANTO CLUSTER: SAME LANGUGE, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES Chapter 12. The Demographics of Esperantujo Chapter 13. Pacifists, Taylorists, and Feminists Chapter 14. "Hidden-World Seekers": Esperanto in New Wave and Old Religions Chapter 15. Freethinkers, Socialists, and Herderians PART IV. IDO AND ITS SATELLITES Chapter 16. "One Ideal International Language": Ido Chapter 17. "Linguistic Cannibalism" Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
