{"product_id":"the-silence-of-france-how-a-nation-erased-its-languages-to-create-one-voice-9798233079993","title":"The Silence Of France: How a Nation Erased Its Languages to Create One Voice","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Julien Peltier\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Julien Peltier\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Julien Peltier\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - France\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrance is known for its universal ideals and its singular voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that voice was built on silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore French became the language of the Republic, France was a mosaic of languages-Breton, Occitan, Basque, Alsatian, Flemish, Corsican, and dozens more. They did not fade away. They were eliminated by policy, punished in schools, excluded from law, and erased from memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Silence of France\u003c\/em\u003e, Julien Peltier uncovers the hidden history of one of the most successful linguistic conquests in modern Europe. From royal ordinances and revolutionary terror to classrooms of shame and constitutional denial, this book reveals how language became a tool of power-and how silence became national identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending history, sociolinguistics, political analysis, and lived experience, Peltier shows that the eradication of languages was not a side effect of modernization, but a deliberate strategy. The consequences were profound: broken transmission, internalized inferiority, cultural amnesia, and a Republic still unable to acknowledge what it destroyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a nostalgic plea for the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a clear-eyed reckoning with the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Silence of France\u003c\/em\u003e challenges the myth of natural unity and asks a question that still unsettles the nation: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan a country built on one voice learn to hear its ghosts?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssential reading for anyone interested in history, power, identity, and the politics of language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Julien Peltier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47778857910423,"sku":"9798233079993","price":1567.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798233079993.webp?v=1778031641","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-silence-of-france-how-a-nation-erased-its-languages-to-create-one-voice-9798233079993","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}