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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- 1. Face Masks and Liberty -- 2. Theoretical Foundations: Max Weber, Norbert Elias and Michel Foucault -- 3. Conceptual Analysis: Coming to Terms in Modernizing Japan -- 4. Formal Perfection: The Tokugawa State -- 5. Becoming a Civilized Country: Modernization in Meiji Japan -- 6. Continuity and Change: Social Disciplining after World War II -- 7. Lessons Learned: Social Disciplining, Culture and Politics -- References -- Index.

This book explores the interaction between three key aspects of everyday life--language, writing, and mobility--with particular focus on their effects on language contact. Florian Coulmas demonstrates the importance of writing in sociolinguistics, and explores the impact of the digital revolution on communication patterns.

Introduction: an 'identity' wave -- "Who am I?" Identity in philosophy -- Identity in logic and the classical law of thought -- Given or constructed? Identity in cultural anthropology -- Adam and Eve, Hijra, LGBTQs, and the shake-up of gender identities -- Identity in politics: promises and dangers -- 'Your station in life': social identities in our time -- Citizenship, legal status, and proof of identity: identity as a legal concept -- Selfhood and personality: the psychology of identity -- 'They don't speak our language': identity in linguistics -- Who is behind the mask? Identity in literature.

This book offers an introduction to the many facets of multilingualism in a changing world, bringing in approaches from linguistics, sociology, history, political philosophy, and psychology. It provides the basic tools to analyse different kinds of multilingualism, and suggests questions and problems for discussion at the end of each chapter.

This text provides an accessible account of the origins and conceptual foundations of language policy. Florian Coulmas discusses the influence of twenty intellectuals from medieval to modern times, and from a variety of cultures, who have taken issue with language, its use, development, and political potential.

Dieses Buch gibt in konziser und leicht lesbarer Form Antworten auf Fragen, die Japan-Interessierte typischerweise stellen. Rezension: Eine Aktualisierung dieser leicht lesbaren Einführung zur Geschichte und Gegenwart Japans war nach der Katastrophe von Fukushima 2011 zwingend nötig geworden, zumal die sozio-ökonomischen Herausforderungen des Landes durch die Energieproblematik nun noch deutlicher hervor getreten sind. In bewährter Form (vgl. die Erstausgabe 2011) präsentieren F. Coulmas (Direktor des Deutschen Instituts für Japanstudien, Tokio) und J. Stalpers (Japankorrespondentin einer niederländischen Zeitung; von beiden Autoren: "Fukushima", 2011) alles Wissenswerte, wobei besonders hinsichtlich (Atom-)Technik, Umwelt, Politik und Wirtschaft alle Daten auf den aktuellen Stand gebracht wurden, bzw. hier einzelne Passagen komplett neu geschrieben wurden. Deshalb: Austauschempfehlung für die alte Auflage der informativen Einführung für alle Bibliotheken. (1 S)

Intro -- Contents -- Praefatio -- European integration and the idea of the national language -- Factors of constraints and freedom in setting a language policy for the European Community: A sociolinguistic approach -- Language conflicts in multilingual Europe - prospects for 1993 -- Linguistic minorities and language conflict in Europe: Learning from the Swiss experience -- Language politics and the new European identity -- Society, civilization, mentality: Prolegomena to a language policy for Europe -- Multilingualism in European Community meetings - a pragmatic approach -- Legal aspects of a language policy for the European Communities: Language risks, equal opportunities, and legislating a language -- The impact of European Community rules on linguistic policies of the Member States -- Reflections about minority languages in the European Community -- Linguistic "integration" and "identity" - the situation of migrant workers in the EC as a challenge and opportunity -- Educational language planning in England and Wales: Multicultural rhetoric and assimilationist assumptions -- The status of German and other languages in the European Community -- National and international dimensions of language policy when the minority language is a national language: The case of Irish in Ireland -- Linguistic nationalism and European unity: The case of Greece -- Italian in the European Community: An educational perspective on the national language and new language minorities -- Contributing authors -- Index of subjects -- Index of names.

How does writing relate to speech? What impact does it have on social organisation and development? How do unwritten languages differ from those that have a written form and tradition? This book is a general account of the place of writing in society. Drawing on contemporary and historical examples, from clay tablets to touchscreen displays, the book explores the functions of writing and written language, analysing its consequences for language, society, economy and politics. It examines the social causes of illiteracy, demonstrating that institutions of central importance to modern society are built upon writing and written texts, and are characterised by specific forms of communication. It explores the social dimensions of spelling and writing reform, as well as of digital literacy, a new mode of expression and communication posing novel challenges to the student of language in society

Der Direktor des "Deutschen Instituts für Japanstudien" in Tokio und die Journalistin Stalpers haben bereits für "Die 101 wichtigsten Fragen - Japan" (ID-A 15/11) zusammengearbeitet. Coulmas schrieb auch über "Hiroshima" (ID-A 17/10). "Fukushima" erscheint ein gutes halbes Jahr nach der Katastrophe, doch das Warten hat sich gelohnt (bisher D. Roulet: ID-A 26/11, J. Hano: "Das japanische Desaster", ID-A 40/11, begrenzt auch "Restrisiko", ID-A 23/11). Die Autoren haben Erdbeben und Chaos in der japanischen Hauptstadt miterlebt und analysieren mithilfe vieler Experten den zeitlichen Ablauf, die Informationspolitik der Regierung, die internationalen Hilfsmaßnahmen, die Bedeutung der Atomkraft für das rohstoffarme Land, die Verflechtung von Politik und Konzernen, die mögliche Rolle alternativer Energien und anderes. Dazu kommt Kritik an der oft sensationslüsternen weltweiten Berichterstattung. Der mit Zahlen, Fakten und Grafiken angereicherte Text zeigt eine intime Kenntnis Japans und seiner besonderen Mentalität. Als bisher beste Darstellung der Ereignisse nachdrücklich zu empfehlen. (1 S) (Rolf Raschka)