Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship

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Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship

"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. Its main focus is on schooling, but also examines 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"--

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Cover of: Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
2017, Taylor & Francis Group
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Cover of: Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
2014, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
2014, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
2014, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
2014, Taylor & Francis Group
in English
Cover of: Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
2014, Taylor & Francis Group, Routledge
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Cover of: Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
2014, Taylor & Francis Group
in English

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Library of Congress
LC1091, JQ24 .C66 2014, JQ24 .C66 2015

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Open Library
OL28765664M
ISBN 13
9780415855785
LCCN
2014025051
OCLC/WorldCat
897810449, 832277395

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OL21247583W

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