Jorgen Christian Bang / Jorgen Door
’The long-awaited compendium of Bang and Døør’s writings on dialectical ecolinguisticsis enhanced by a helpful introduction and intelligent editing. An important milestonein the history of ecolinguistics.’Professor Peter Mühlhäusler, University of Adelaide, Australia’Linguistics is on the threshold of a scientific revolution. This book uses a radicallynew approach in that it describes a dialectical relation between three poles: our use oflanguage, global capitalist society and the current ecological crisis. The volume, whichasks questions such as how to solve conflicts peacefully and how to avoid exploitationof the earth’s resources, is to be welcomed as a new departure in the study of language,ecology and society.’Alwin Fill, Professor of English Linguistics, University of Graz, AustriaLanguage, Ecology and Society presents a view of language and ecology from a dialectical perspective.In this analysis, language is seen as a multidimensional phenomenon, which both shapes and is shapedby mind, nature and society. Contributing to the field of ecolinguistics, this volume proposes a newparadigm termed Dialectical Linguistics, pioneered by Jørgen Christian Bang and Jørgen Døør andbased on research spanning three decades. The book argues for a politically and morally responsibleapproach to language and linguistics.
