TY - CHAP
T1 - Introduction
AU - Kumar, Krishna
AU - Vickers, Edward
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Edward Vickers and Krishna Kumar.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - In compiling this volume, we have been preoccupied with two key questions: ‘How has citizenship been constructed in Asian societies negotiating transitions to modern statehood?’ and ‘To what extent have such transitions, and associated citizenship discourses, been shaped by any distinctively “Asian” ideas or conditions?’ Education is implicated in both these questions, having been central to processes of distributing opportunity, constructing orthodox historical narratives and fostering faith in the vaguely defined ideals of ‘modernity’ and ‘progress’ that underpin the nation-building project.
AB - In compiling this volume, we have been preoccupied with two key questions: ‘How has citizenship been constructed in Asian societies negotiating transitions to modern statehood?’ and ‘To what extent have such transitions, and associated citizenship discourses, been shaped by any distinctively “Asian” ideas or conditions?’ Education is implicated in both these questions, having been central to processes of distributing opportunity, constructing orthodox historical narratives and fostering faith in the vaguely defined ideals of ‘modernity’ and ‘progress’ that underpin the nation-building project.
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U2 - 10.4324/9780203734087-7
DO - 10.4324/9780203734087-7
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85086186902
SN - 9780415855785
SP - 1
EP - 27
BT - Constructing Modern Asian Citizenship
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -