Overview
- Examines central discourses surrounding the debate on nation-building and history education in Russian schools
- Illustrates the nexus between globalisation, the state, national identity, and history textbooks
- Analyses the ambivalent and problematic relationship between the state and the construction of cultural identity in prescribed school history textbooks
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research (GCEP, volume 16)
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Globalisation and National Identity in History Textbooks: The Russian Federation, the 16th book in the 24-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, discusses trends in dominant discourses of identity politics, and nation-building in school history textbooks in the Russian Federation (RF). The book addresses one of the most profound examples of the re-writing of history following a geo-political change. Various book chapters examine debates pertaining to national identity, patriotism, and the nation-building process. The book discusses the way in which a new sense of patriotism and nationalism is documented in prescribed Russian history textbooks, and in the Russian media debate on history textbooks. It explores the ambivalent and problematic relationship between the state, globalisation and the construction of cultural identity in prescribed school history textbooks. By focusing on ideology, identity politics, and nation-building, the book examines history teachers’ responses to the content of history textbooks and how teachers depict key moments in modern Russian history. This book, an essential sourcebook of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policymakers in the fields of globalisation and history education, provides timely information on history teachers’ attitudes towards historical knowledge and historical understanding in prescribed Russian history textbooks.
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Keywords
- Critical theory
- Discourse analysis
- Education reforms
- Foundation myth
- Genealogy
- Historical-comparative research
- History education reforms
- Historical consciousness
- Historical narratives
- Historiography
- Ideology
- National Identity
- Imagined community
- National-building
- National history
- National History Curriculum
- Neo-conservativism
- Patriotism
- Russian Federation
- Standardised textbooks
Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Globalisation and National Identity in History Textbooks
Book Subtitle: The Russian Federation
Authors: Joseph Zajda
Series Title: Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0972-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0971-0Published: 14 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1453-0Published: 15 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-0972-7Published: 06 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2543-0564
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0572
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 139
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: International and Comparative Education, History of Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Higher Education, Curriculum Studies, Russian, Soviet, and East European History