Language policy, symbolic power and the democratic responsibility of the post-apartheid university

Title: Language policy, symbolic power and the democratic responsibility of the post-apartheid university
Creator: Alexander, Neville
Date: 2001
Description: Set against the backdrop of global instability following 9/11, Alexander examines the "symbolic power" of language in South African education. He argues that the post-apartheid university has a democratic responsibility to promote multilingualism to prevent the marginalization of the majority and to decolonize the South African mind.
Subject: Language policy—South Africa; Sociolinguistics—South Africa; Education, Higher—South Africa; Alexander, Neville; Language and education—South Africa
Format: Public Lecture
Language: English
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/696
Archive: Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University
Extent: 11 pages
Use/re-use: Academic Freedom -- South Africa Universities and colleges -- South Africa Equality Liberty Education and state -- South Africa Education, Higher -- South Africa
Publisher: Rhodes University
Is Part Of: D.C.S. Oosthuizen Memorial Lecture 2001
isPartOf: Daantjie Oosthuizen Memorial Lectures

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