New Narratives and Old Myths

History Textbooks in Kazakhstan

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11048976
AutoresAziz Burkhanov (0000-0002-9690-2783, Nazarbayev University, autor de correspondencia), Dina Sharipova (0000-0002-8553-8189, Nazarbayev University)
Año2024
Volumen52
Número5
Páginas1193-1208
Fecha de publicación2024-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/nps.2023.64
OpenAlexW4386418056
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas31

This article focuses on the role of textbooks in the construction of national identity by analyzing state-approved versions of national identity and history in Kazakhstan. By doing so, this project seeks to highlight what understanding of identity prevails in the history textbooks of Kazakhstan, what narratives regarding the key historic events are promoted, particularly with respect to the Dzhungar wars, annexation of Kazakh Khanate by the Russian Empire, and the Soviet era. Finally, this article compares the main narratives in the textbooks published in Kazakh and Russian languages to illustrate differences and various understandings of identity in the two linguistic realms of Kazakhstan. The article argues that Kazakhstan’s textbooks combine new, independence-focused narratives with the old approaches and partial reproduction of the Soviet symbolic discourse

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Annexation · Art · Empire · Identity (music · Independence (probability theory · Kazakh · Linguistics · Literature · Mythology · Narrative · National identity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · TRACE (psycholinguistics) · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Classics · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy