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Language and New Nationalism in Higher Education

Taina Saarinen

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Finnish languageEconomic nationalismPoliticsHigher educationbusiness.industryPolitical economyPolitical sciencePolitical climatebusinessNeuroscience of multilingualismInternationalization of Higher EducationNationalism

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This chapter discusses the emerging concerns for the national languages, in particular Finnish. English, previously seen in relatively positive terms in the Finnish society, begins to be construed as a threat to Finnish higher education and research, and to Finnish language at large. The chapter discusses developments since the new University Act 2009. The tension between English and the national languages develops at the same time with changes in the political climate and the rise of populist and (new) nationalist politics, both in Finland and globally. The chapter presents the recycled discourses of frozen constitutional bilingualism, economic nationalism, political elites and killer English.

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2020-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60902-3_4