Anglosphere

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blue : states with English as the first language of a large part of the population and with a common cultural heritage going back to the British Isles ( Anglosphere in the narrower sense ) light blue: former British colonies or protectorates in which the English language serves as the lingua franca, but beyond There is no or only a marginal common cultural heritage with the former British colonial power ( Anglosphere in the broader sense )

Anglosphere ( neologism from "anglo" (English, Anglo-Saxon) and "sphere" (sphere of influence); term coined by the author Neal Stephenson ) collectively denotes the states

• in which English is spoken by the vast majority of the population ( mother tongue or first language) and / or is the official language and
• who mostly have a common cultural heritage.

The Anglosphere in the narrower sense therefore includes - due to their linguistic (→  English-speaking area ), historical (→  British Empire ), legal (→  Common Law ), economic (→  Anglo-Saxon model ) and political similarities and similarities -

• the British Isles ( United Kingdom and Ireland ) and proceeding from them
• the United States ,
• Canada (excluding Québec ),
• Australia and
• New Zealand .

The fact that these states are traditionally military allies is also underlined by the term .

"Anglosphere" as a political catchphrase

The English expression anglosphere was of Anglo-Saxon political currents often as combat term in connection with a stronger separation of Britain from continental Europe and the EU , used toward North America, particularly the United States.

See also

• Commonwealth of Nations

Web links

• Wolf Lepenies : The Anglosphere is coming. Wolf Lepenies describes the vision of a new, value- based network of states that could lead the world in the 21st century. In: DIE WELT online (welt.de). Axel Springer SE , February 13, 2005, accessed on September 24, 2014 (originally published in the print edition of Welt am Sonntag on February 13, 2005).