Dance With Babel

Investigating the history of linguistic absolutism, represented by the Spanish and French states, Joan-Lluís Lluís rereads the famous myth of the Tower of Babel: where does the tendency to hierarchize languages ​​come from? What hides the superiority that some attribute to themselves? Behind the defense of monolingualism – claiming that languages ​​are only means of communication and that a monolingual world would be simpler for everyone – we only find the will to dominate and a banal conception of reality.

Joan-Lluís Lluís offers a solid critique of state monolingualism and a defense of the incomparable perspective that each language represents for its speakers.

"Democracies can kill languages and it's clear that this is what Spain wants" Joan-Lluís Lluís, Ara