In Pursuit of English

Name: In Pursuit of English | Language and Subjectivity in Neoliberal South Korea
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Language and Subjectivity in Neoliberal South Korea

Joseph Sung-Yul Park(Autor*in)

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Erschienen am 13. August 2021

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Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction The World in Pursuit of English Researching English in the Global Economy Subjectivity as a Critical Perspective on Neoliberalism English, Neoliberalism, and Subjectivity in South Korea Outline of this Book Chapter 2: Language and Subjectivity in Neoliberalism Defining Neoliberalism Theorizing Neoliberalism: Political Economy of Subjectivity Languaging Subjectivity: Methodological Notes Conclusions Chapter 3: English and Neoliberalism in South Korea Neoliberal South Korea: A Portrait of Hell Korea's Neoliberal Transformation: History, Actors, Processes Korea's English Fever and its Neoliberal Grounding Subjective Foundations of the English Fever: A Historical Perspective Conclusions Chapter 4: Language as Pure Potential: Crafting a Desire for English Who Desires English? Desire, Neoliberalism, and Language Ideology Language as Pure Potential Cosmopolitan Desire and Dreams of Self-realization Desire and the Crafting of New Subjectivities Conclusions Chapter 5: Language Learning as Technology of the Self: The Moral Grounding of English English and inequality in Neoliberalism Morality and Technologies of the Self Success Stories of English Language Learning in the Conservative Press The Successful Learner of English as a Moral Figure English Language Learning as Technology of Self Conclusions Chapter 6: The Biopolitics of Language Learning: Youth, English, and Anxiety Youth as a Valuable Resource Language Learning as Biopolitics Early English Education and Anxieties of the Future Anxieties of Early Study Abroad: Fears of Being Lost in Time Beyond Youth Conclusions Chapter 7: Deferring to the Other: English and Linguistic Insecurity Commodification and Competing Ideologies of Language Reframing Linguistic Insecurity Korean Mid-level Managers in Non-Korean Multinational Corporations Linguistic Insecurity in the Korean Managers' Discourse Coloniality and the Neoliberal Valorization of English Conclusions Chapter 8: Becoming Precarious Subjects: The Unfulfilled Promise of English Precarity as Subjective Condition Promise of English in a State of Precarity The rise and fall of TOEIC Consequences for Precarity Conclusions Chapter 9: Conclusions Rethinking English, Neoliberalism, and Subjectivity Towards a Global Account of English and Neoliberalism Subjectivity in Language and Political Economy References

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