Globalising The French Language: Neo-Colonialism Or Development?
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This paper is concerned with the attempt to globalize the French language in contemporary world politics, in
view of competing value systems fi·om other key languages of the international society. It attempts to
contextualize the philosophical trajectory of globalization which sees globalization as the homogenization of
ideas, images and institutions with a view to creating a 'global culture' of norms and values acceptable among
certain regional blocks. It draws its intellectual support from the French policy of assimilation which informed
their colonial method during the era of balkanization of Africa, Asia, and the rest of the Third World. It adopts a
critical conversational method which involves literature review, histo -empirical analysis, critical conceptual
clarification and analysis, within the purview of intellectual interrogation. Findings show that the policy of
assimilation adopted by the French as a fundamental colonial policy created a tension between fragmentation and
integration, which still resonates in contemporary literature on neo-colonialism, albeit its developmental
paradigm. The paper recommends the dissolution of this tens
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PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania