As old as Europe
Joxe Azurmendi
Jakin, 2023

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The last book published by Joxe Azurmendi has made me think about the imposition of linguistic models. No, as old as Europe does not talk about education. The book published by Jakin brings us to Europe between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It talks about architecture, literature and history from countries like France, Spain, England, Italy or Portugal. Explore how the nation was then understood and understood today. It shows that after the current national states, the then Christian fundamentalisms survive secularized. Are you struggling to see the relationship with education? Keep reading.

The educational system of linguistic models is nothing more than a parenteral veto embracing the Basque country. Of course, we know it using the parenteral veto to designate something else. It is a measure of censorship that Vox and the PP and UPN and Navarra Suma want to use against programs like Skolae in southern Spain and Navarra. They demand the freedom of parents to decide on issues relating to children. The Spanish progres say no. That the right is not for parents, but for children to receive comprehensive education.

Speaking of linguistic models, Spanish progres and Basque neoclassics do not see rights as clear. Suddenly, as far as language is concerned, it does not matter whether children are entitled to comprehensive education. The important thing is that parents have freedom to choose the language in which children will learn. That is, the Spanish progres and the Basque neokones are in favour of putting a parenteral veto on the Basque.

These seemingly contradictory attitudes help us understand Joxe Azurmendi's books. With the book it is clear that behind the vetoes the fundamentalist character of the European nation-state is camouflaged by secularization. The oppression of languages has been a privileged place since the beginning of modernity in the structuring of this oppressive territoriality.