The new book by the renowned linguist Jürgen Trabant is the vehement defence of a precious good.

As Humboldt already knew, the diverse languages of Europe and the whole world are different ways of looking at the world. If one wants to defend the world-lightening function of language, one must also preserve the richness of the many languages. This is also true for all the other European languages that are on the retreat, because only the global language promises power.

Jürgen Trabant's book is a praise of language, without which mankind cannot exist, and at the same time a warning of the approaching decline of language.

C.H. Beck published numerous of his works, amongst others “European linguistic thinking. From Platon to Wittgenstein” (Europäisches Sprachdenken. Von Platon bis Wittgenstein, 2006), „Language“ (Die Sprache, 2009) and “Worls view. Wilhelm von Humboldt’s language project“ (Weltansichten. Wilhelm von Humboldts Sprachprojekt, 2012).