Language and Neoliberal Governmentality

Luisa Martín Rojo, Alfonso Del Percio, David Block (ICREA & Universitat Pompeu i Fabra)

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Routledge
25 June 2019

Sociolinguistics; Sociology; Political campaigning & advertising

Series: Language, Society and Political Economy

"Against a background of the ongoing crisis of global capitalism and the fracturing of the neoliberal project, this book provides a detailed account of the ways in which language is profoundly imbricated in the neoliberalising of the fabric of social life.

With chapters from a cast list of international scholars covering topics such as the commodification of education and language, unemployment, and the governmentality of the self, and discussion chapters from Monica Heller and Jackie Urla bringing the various strands together, the book ultimately helps us to understand how language is part of political economy and the everyday making and remaking of society and individuals. It provides both a theoretical framework and a significant methodological ""tool-box"" to critically detect, understand, and resist the impact of neoliberalism on everyday social spheres, particularly in relation to language.

Presenting richly empirical studies that expand our understanding of how neoliberalism as a regime of truth and as a practice of governance performs within the terrain of language, this book is an essential resource for researchers and graduate students in English language, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology, and related areas."

Edited by: Luisa Martín Rojo, Alfonso Del Percio
Series edited by: David Block (ICREA & Universitat Pompeu i Fabra)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138575196
ISBN 10: 1138575194
Series: Language, Society and Political Economy
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 25 June 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of contributors Acknowledgements CHAPTER 1 Neoliberalism, language, and governmentality PART I Language and the neoliberalisation of institutions CHAPTER 2 Linguistic securitisation as a governmentality in the neoliberalising welfare state CHAPTER 3 Producing national and neoliberal subjects: Bilingual education and governmentality in the United States CHAPTER 4 Framing 'choice' in language education: The case of freedom in constructing inequality CHAPTER 5 Leadership communication ‘skills’ and undergraduate neoliberal subjectivity PART II Language and the neoliberal subject CHAPTER 6 Linguistic entrepreneurship: Neoliberalism, language learning, and class CHAPTER 7 Fabricating neoliberal subjects through the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme CHAPTER 8 The ‘self-made speaker’: The neoliberal governance of speakers CHAPTER 9 Resetting minds and souls: Language, employability and the making of neoliberal subjects Afterwords Towards an ethnography of linguistic governmentalities Neoliberalism as a regime of truth: Studies in hegemony Index

Luisa Martín Rojo is Professor in Linguistics at the Universidad Autónoma in Madrid. Alfonso Del Percio is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at UCL Institute of Education in London.

Reviews for Language and Neoliberal Governmentality

Led by a lucid introduction that outlines the idea of governmentality, contributions to this book open up a new space for debating the role of language and subjectivity in the persistence of neoliberalism. Their critique of neoliberal rationality offers a timely reflection on how to resist and counter the logic of the market. Joseph Sung-Yul Park, National University of Singapore, Singapore This book reveals the faultlines in neoliberalism which scholars can uncover when they examine the ways people use neoliberal technologies of the self to manage language use and representations of language. With an expansive approach to educational sites, this imaginative volume lays important groundwork for understanding when neoliberal logics go awry. Ilana Gershon, Indiana University, USA