Multilingualism, Afrikaans and normative political theory

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dc.contributor.authorDuvenage, Pieter
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-10T13:25:44Z
dc.date.available2019-07-10T13:25:44Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractEnglish: This contribution focuses on the survival of Afrikaans within the framework of a multilingual South Africa. The first section provides a brief historical reconstruction of the power-political shifts that Afrikaans underwent between 1966 and 2004. In the second section some of the arguments that were used for and against Afrikaans between 1994 and 2004 are presented. In the last section these arguments are shifted to the terrain of contemporary normative political theory, where three aspects are important: the question of addressing language loss in the world; the importance of multicultural citizenship, and the need for a more profound and multilingual understanding of democracy. In short: a democracy is not just characterised by the instrumental counting of votes, but also by the qualitative articulation of different voices.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAfrikaans: Hierdie bydrae fokus op die oorlewing van Afrikaans binne die raamwerk van ’n veel- talige Suid-Afrika. In die eerste afdeling word ’n bondige historiese rekonstruksie van die magspolitieke verskuiwinge wat Afrikaans tussen 1966 en 2004 ondergaan het, verskaf. In die tweede afdeling word enkele argumente wat tussen 1994 en 2004 vir en teen Afrikaans aangebied is, gesistematiseer. In die laaste afdeling word hierdie argu- mente na die terrein van die kontemporêre normatiewe politieke teorie verskuif, waar veral drie aspekte uitgesonder word: die kwessie van taalverdwyning in die wêreld; die belang van multikulturele burgerskap en die noodsaaklikheid van ’n diepgaande en veel- stemmige verstaan van demokrasie. Kortom: in ’n demokrasie moet dit nie net gaan oor die instrumentele tel van stemme (votes) nie, maar ook oor die kwalitatiewe luister na verskillende stemme (voices).en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDuvenage, P. (2006). Multilingualism, Afrikaans and normative political theory. Acta Academica, Supplement 2, 76-92.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0587-2405 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0479 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/10067
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectMultilingualen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrikaansen_ZA
dc.subjectPower-political shiftsen_ZA
dc.subjectLanguage lossen_ZA
dc.subjectMulti-cultural citizenshipen_ZA
dc.subjectDemocracyen_ZA
dc.titleMultilingualism, Afrikaans and normative political theoryen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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