Language Subjects: Placing Derrida’s Monolingualism in Global Education

• Published in: Studies in philosophy and education Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 135 - 148
• Main Author: Williams, Emma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alienation; Bilingual education; Bilingualism; Childhood; Colonialism; Derrida, Jacques; Education; Educational Philosophy; Ethics; Global Education; Humanities; Imposition; International education; Language; Language Acquisition; Monolingualism; Multilingualism; Otherness; Philosophy of Education; Derrida; Ethics; Multilingualism; Language; Global education

Derrida’s autobiographical and philosophical text Monolingualism of the Other; or, the Prosthesis of Origin is a partial recounting of his own childhood and upbringing in Algeria at a time when it was a colony of France. It is on one level a reflection on matters related to colonialism, and especial...