La francophonie: de l'utopie postcoloniale au champ politique

Authors

Jürgen Erfurt, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M.

Abstract

Recently, discussions started in France to adapt language and cultural politics in a way that francophonie and francophilie could be used as economic resources for the country's sustainable development and as instruments of globalization. At the same time, there are plans to replace the most important political actor of the francophonie, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, with a different institution. In such a context, this paper will examine how the phenomenon of the francophonie developed over the last seven decades and what role language and culture played in the construction of geopolitical transnational spaces and influences.

Recommended Citation

Erfurt, Jürgen (2018) "La francophonie: de l'utopie postcoloniale au champ politique," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 90: No. 1, Article 12.
Available at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol90/iss1/12