Oxford, University Press, Sept. 2011
Knowledge of the English language is spreading worldwide more rapidly than ever before. In his new book, Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World, the economist and philosopher Philippe Van Parijs (UCLouvain, Oxford University) states that the dissemination of English as a lingua franca must be encouraged but that the resulting injustices must actively be countered. To this end, Van Parijs proposes controversial methods such as the poaching of the web and the linguistic territoriality principle. On the 28th of February Philippe Van Parijs will expand on his views, with a special emphasis on their implications for the European institutions and for the capital city of the European Union. After his talk he will be interviewed by Luc Devoldere (editor-in-chief Ons Erfdeel and yearbook The Low Countries. Arts and Society in Flanders and the Netherlands).