Language and Nationalism by Snježana Kordić
"In local environment, this is the first book that sheds light on the relation between language and nation, based on extensive world literature. The reader is offered insights on how nations are made, how language is used for nationalist goals, how history is falsified and myths created to foster an ideologically desirable image of reality. In the book, identity is revealed as construct, while culture is shown as incongruous with nation. It is shown that the language we speak has wider borders that those commonly delineated, and the real nature of linguistic purism is shown for what it is. Given the ideas widespread here, to many the content might seem revolutionary. But it is however not, this is caused by the isolation of home environment from the scholarly level attained in the world. The goal of this book is precisely to overcome this isolation and supplant the existing knowledge gaps."
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