What does it mean for a society to be modern ? What beliefs,
habits and behaviour does a modern state require of its citizens?
How can these be fostered? In many non-Western contexts,
modernization has tended to be equated with Westernization, and
hence with an abandonment of authentic indigenous identities and
values. This is evident in the recent history of many Asian
societies, where efforts to modernize spurred on by the spectre of
foreign domination have often been accompanied by determined
attempts to stamp national variants of modernity with the brand of
local authenticity: Asian values, Chinese characteristics, a
Japanese cultural essence and so forth. Highlighting (or
exaggerating) associations between the more unsettling consequences
of modernization and alien influence has thus formed part of a
strategy whereby elites in many Asian societies have sought to
construct new forms of legitimacy for old patterns of dominance
over the masses. The apparatus of modern systems of mass education,
often inherited from colonial rulers, has been just one instrument
in such campaigns of state legitimation.
This book presents analyses of a range of contemporary projects
of citizenship formation across Asia in order to identify those
issues and concerns most central to Asian debates over the
construction of modern identities. The book main focus is on
schooling, but also features other vehicles for
citizenship-formation, such as museums and the internet; the role
of religion (in particular Islam) in debates over citizenship and
identity in certain Asian societies; and the relationship between
state-centred identity discourses and the experience of
increasingly globalized elites.
With chapters from an international team of contributors, this
interdisciplinary volume will appeal to students and scholars of
Asian culture and society, Asian education, comparative education
and citizenship."
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