Spatialism

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The raumism (on Esperanto raŭmismo ) is an ideology within the Esperanto community, the 1980 by the Manifesto of Rauma was founded. Spatialism defines the Esperanto community as a "self-chosen, dispersed, linguistic minority" and thus criticizes central goals of the traditional Esperanto movement . A central point of criticism of the spacists is the attempt by the traditional Esperantists to make Esperanto the worldwide second language. This traditional goal is the final victory (in Esperanto Fina Venko ), so that spatialism understands itself as a counter-ideology to Finvenkismo .

The Rauma Manifesto

The Rauma Manifesto (in Esperanto: Manifesto de Raŭmo or Raŭma Manifesto ) was proposed on August 31, 1980 at the 36th International Congress of "Esperanto Youth" (Esperantists up to 30) in Rauma (Finland) and mainly by representatives of youth groups signed. The manifesto criticizes an "identity crisis of the Esperanto movement": this includes the discrepancy between the historically based attitudes of many Esperanto speakers, publicly on utopian goals such as the "Fina Venko" (the worldwide spread of Esperanto as a second language), the acceptance of Esperanto by the UN and the like, and the reality in which the worldwide Esperanto speaking body applies Esperanto for what it is, regardless of the aforementioned goals.

It is stated in the manifest that neither the officialization of Esperanto nor the fight against other languages ​​as an international means of communication should be the concern of the Esperanto speakers or even their task, and the following is proposed as the current goal for the Esperanto movement:

To further spread Esperanto in order to make the positive values ​​of this language effective, in the following forms:

  1. as a propaedeutic for foreign language lessons,
  2. as [national and international] contacts between ordinary people,
  3. as [national and international] contacts without discrimination,
  4. as a novel international culture.

In connection with the last-mentioned value, it is emphasized that the search for a new identity has led the undersigned Esperanto speakers to consider themselves members of a self-chosen, dispersed, linguistic minority.

In addition, the Manifesto states the value of international congresses and that it is necessary to increase the use of Esperanto as a working language in specialist congresses.

In the closing words, it is said that the first century with Esperanto had proven to the world that Esperanto was suitable to express everything, in the second century with Esperanto the world had to be shown that Esperanto can also contribute something culturally independent and internationally valuable.

Reactions to the manifesto

The manifesto was criticized by other Esperanto speakers as soon as it was published. Different groups developed within the Esperanto movement: the manifesto was discussed a lot in the literary magazine "Literatura Foiro" and spatialism was further developed. From this movement in 1998 the pact for the Esperanta Civito (Esperanto citizenship) emerged. Esperanta Civito is an organization that sees itself as a quasi-state institution that is supposed to represent the Esperanto speakers .

In return, the opponents of spatialism have renewed Finvenkism (the ideology for the worldwide use of Esperanto as a second language), among other things through the Prague Manifesto . Signatories of the Rauma Manifesto also opposed the Esperanta Civito and criticized it for having misused the term "spatialism".

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