This provocative book examines the strengths and weaknesses of liberal political theory to inform language policy in a way that promotes individual autonomy while not reifying "language". Important topics of discussion include the language/identity link, language rights, language varieties, and academic language. The author discusses how liberalism should inform language policy, highlighting the importance of language to identity. The book considers policies that promote monolingualism or recognize and promote multilingualism, looking at some increasingly specific language policy issues such as official, national languages, bilingual education, and uses of language varieties within classrooms. Working toward a post-liberal analysis, the author argues that official languages are a betrayal of some fundamental tenets of liberalism.