Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia

Associate Professor Brigid O'Keeffe (Brooklyn College, USA)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
12 August 2021

linguistics; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Russian Revolution

Winner of the 2022 Ab Imperio Award

Hoping to unite all of humankind and revolutionize the world, Ludwik Zamenhof launched a new international language called Esperanto from late imperial Russia in 1887. Ordinary men and women in Russia and all over the world soon transformed Esperanto into a global movement. Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia traces the history and legacy of this effort: from Esperanto’s roots in the social turmoil of the pre-revolutionary Pale of Settlement; to its links to socialist internationalism and Comintern bids for world revolution; and, finally, to the demise of the Soviet Esperanto movement in the increasingly xenophobic Stalinist 1930s. In doing so, this book reveals how Esperanto – and global language politics more broadly – shaped revolutionary and early Soviet Russia.

Based on extensive archival materials, Brigid O’Keeffe’s book provides the first in-depth exploration of Esperanto at grassroots level and sheds new light on a hitherto overlooked area of Russian history. As such, Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia will be of immense value to both historians of modern Russia and scholars of internationalism, transnational networks, and sociolinguistics.

By: Associate Professor Brigid O'Keeffe (Brooklyn College USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 553g
ISBN: 9781350160651
ISBN 10: 1350160652
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 12 August 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations A Note on the Text Introduction 1. A Universal Language for a Globalizing World 2. Pen-Pals, Dreamers and Globetrotters 3. Bolshevik Tower of Babel 4. Comrades With(out) Borders 5. Language Revolutions and Their Discontents Epilogue: The Death of Esperanto Bibliography Index

Brigid O'Keeffe is Associate Professor of History at Brooklyn College, USA. She is the author of New Soviet Gypsies: Nationality, Performance, and Selfhood in the Early Soviet Union (2013).

Reviews for Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia

Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia should be obligatory reading for anyone interested in language politics, internationalism, or Russian history. In this beautifully written, highly engaging book, O'Keeffe reveals how the Russian Empire shaped the development of Esperanto, and how Soviet Esperantists' dreams of a harmonious, united, international community eventually collided with Stalinist xenophobia and chauvinism. -- Rachel Applebaum