Nation as conceptualised in Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

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ID7338079
AuthorsZeynep Tuba Sungur (0000-0002-4226-0260, Middle East Technical University (METU) Ankara Turkey, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume28
Issue3
Pages990-1005
Publication date2022-04-27
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/nana.12842
OpenAlexW4224983275
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

The departing point of this study is to understand the implications of ‘nation‐building’ as a Western initiative in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021) particularly in terms of the local conceptualisation of nation or millat . Based on this larger question, the goal of this study is to reveal the idea of nation as presented in the discourse of education constructed by the state of Afghanistan. To this end, the study employs three major primary resources: official state documents, school textbooks and expert interviews conducted at the Ministry of Education in Afghanistan. Pursuing a qualitative research methodology, the study uncovers four major elements that make up the idea of the ‘nation of Afghanistan’ or the millat‐e Afghanistan : (1) Islam, (2) watan (homeland), (3) qawm and (4) Afghaniyat (Afghanness). Reflecting a very specific understanding of nation that is peculiar to the context of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, this study concludes that the Western‐imposed form of nation has a local content which struggles hard to keep the idea of nation together

Christian ministry · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Geography · Homeland · Islam · Islamic republic · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · The Republic · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Law · Peace and Human Rights Education · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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