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- Title
Living in Harmony? 'Casteism', Communalism, and Regionalism in Indian Social Science Textbooks.
- Authors
Banerjee, Basabi Khan; Stöber, Georg
- Abstract
Three societal lines of conflict, 'casteism', communalism, and regionalism, are regarded as severe challenges in present-day India. This article discusses and compares differences between presentations of these lines of conflict in six textbook series for social sciences prepared by the Indian states of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, and by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in New Delhi. The variations in perspective, scope, and approach are related to changing educational approaches and to specific discourses of identity politics, which may be explained in terms of the impact of different positions adopted by states and the union towards the issues, and in terms of the discursive dominance of specific sociopolitical viewpoints.
- Subjects
INDIA; SOCIAL sciences education; SOCIAL conflict; HISTORY education -- Social aspects; IDENTITY politics; POLITICAL science; TEXTBOOKS -- Social aspects; CASTE discrimination
- Publication
Journal of Educational Media, Memory & Society, 2014, Vol 6, Issue 2, p42
- ISSN
2041-6938
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3167/jemms.2014.060204