Donaldo Macedo, Bessie Dendrinos, Panayota Gounari

"In the present political climate, racism and classism often hide behind seemingly technical issues about English in the modern world. The Hegemony of English courageously unmasks these deceptions and points the way to a more humane and sane way to discuss language in our global world." James Paul Gee Tashia Morgridge Professor of Reading, University of Wisconsin, Madison "[P]erhaps the best analysis of the English-only movement in the US and the ramifications worldwide of language policies favoring English. ...It displays a dazzling grasp of the many meanings of language and the politics that underlie language policy and educational discourse." Stanley Aronowitz Distinguished Professor, Graduate Center, City University of New York

• Introduction, Donaldo Macedo, Bessie Dendrinos, Panayota Gounari; Chapter I The Politics of Intolerance: U.S. Language Policy in Process; Chapter II European Discourses of Homogenization in the Discourse of Language Planning; Chapter III The Colonialism of English-Only; Chapter IV Linguoracism in European Foreign Language Education Discourse; Chapter V Reclaiming the Language of Possibility: Beyond the Cynicism of Neoliberalism;

Donaldo Macedo, Bessie Dendrinos, Panayota Gounari

"In the present political climate, racism and classism often hide behind seemingly technical issues about English in the modern world. The Hegemony of English courageously unmasks these deceptions and points the way to a more humane and sane way to discuss language in our global world." James Paul Gee Tashia Morgridge Professor of Reading, University of Wisconsin, Madison "[P]erhaps the best analysis of the English-only movement in the US and the ramifications worldwide of language policies favoring English. ...It displays a dazzling grasp of the many meanings of language and the politics that underlie language policy and educational discourse." Stanley Aronowitz Distinguished Professor, Graduate Center, City University of New York

• Introduction, Donaldo Macedo, Bessie Dendrinos, Panayota Gounari; Chapter I The Politics of Intolerance: U.S. Language Policy in Process; Chapter II European Discourses of Homogenization in the Discourse of Language Planning; Chapter III The Colonialism of English-Only; Chapter IV Linguoracism in European Foreign Language Education Discourse; Chapter V Reclaiming the Language of Possibility: Beyond the Cynicism of Neoliberalism;