Nation-state, Education and the Fabrication of National-Minded Citizens (Introduction)

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ID20243971
AuthorsDaniel Tröhler (0000-0001-5616-2840, University of Vienna, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume22
Publication date2020-12-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCroatian Journal of Education - Hrvatski časopis za odgoj i obrazovanje (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1848-5189 • E-ISSN: 1848-5197
PublisherFaculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb (PUBLISHER • HR)
DOI10.15516/cje.v22i0.4129
OpenAlexW3110762526
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited12

This Special Issue is dedicated to a social phenomenon that can deliver so muchimpact precisely because it is largely ignored: Nationalism, and more specificallyeveryday or banal nationalism and its relationship to education. Concerned peopleand researchers often discuss globalization or its supposed opposite, aggressive andostentatious nationalism. They usually do this as moralists, and it is precisely in thisrole that they always point to others, other perpetrators and other victims, but neveractually to themselves. The history of the last 200 years has shown how stronglynationalism creates identities, which, not least – and not coincidentally –, havebecome extremely visible again just now as mankind has had to fight a global virus,Covid-19. Under the motto, “Looking away is useless,” this Special Issue is devotedto the question of the extent to which modern education with its institutions,strategies and practices is related to the discursive reproduction of nationalismas an identity-generating cultural thesis about belonging. While the contributionscollected here present individual case studies, the introduction first aims at definingbasic concepts such as “nation,” “state” and “nation-state.” On this basis, approachesto educationally relevant research on nationalism will be discussed, such as thenotion of nation as “second nature” of man, the idea of “doing nation” borrowedfrom gender studies, or, finally – with specific reference to the curricula – thedevelopment of “national literacies” as core effects on modern schooling.Key words: curriculum; doing nation; globalization; national identity; nationalliteracy

Aesthetics · Curriculum · Globalization · Media studies · Nation state · National identity · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Religious Education and Schools

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