Religious Façade of 'the Chinese Nation' in China's School Curriculum

Autor/in	Zhao, Zhenzhou
Titel	Religious Façade of 'the Chinese Nation' in China's School Curriculum
Quelle	In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 43 (2022) 2, S.295-307 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zhao, Zhenzhou)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0159-6306
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2020.1830031
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; National Curriculum; Role of Religion; Self Concept; Nationalism; Textbooks; Discourse Analysis; Cultural Awareness; Elementary Secondary Education; Non Western Civilization; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Selbstkonzept; Nationalismus; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Diskursanalyse; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität
Abstract	The shaping of people's identities as members of the Chinese nation is crucial to China's nationalist discourse at school. What kind of image of the Chinese nation does the state intend to transmit to its new generation of citizens? Does the constitutional separation of religion and education prescribe a secular image for the collective identity of the Chinese nation? This study explores how the interpretation of religion is manufactured during the discourse of constructing the nation in Chinese school textbooks. The findings reveal that different religious traditions are assigned strikingly different roles in the national curriculum's interpretation of the Chinese nation as a construct and the distinction between China and the external world. The integration of religious narratives and the agenda of shaping the national cultural identity of Chinese students reveal the changing role of religion in contemporary Chinese society. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01