Krzysztof Iwanek

Endless Siege

Education and Nationalism in Vidya Bharati Schools

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Produktbeschreibung

The Endless Siege is an ethnographic study of the Vidya Bharati chain of schools in India which are run by a Hindu nationalist organization called the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 147mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780192865564
• ISBN-10: 0192865560
• Artikelnr.: 66141440

Autorenporträt

Krzysztof Iwanek obtained two M A degrees, one in Indology and the other in History, followed by a PhD in Cultural Studies, all three from Warsaw University. He also completed an advanced Hindi course at Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Delhi, India. He taught Hindi, Indian history, and Indian politics at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea; Collegium Civitas, Poland, and Warsaw University, Poland. Iwanek's main field of interest is contemporary Indian history and politics, especially Hindu nationalism and Hindu conservatism. He is currently the head of the Asia Research Centre (at Centre for Security Studies, War Studies University, Poland) and a contributor to The Diplomat.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Twins: Hindu Nationalism and Education
* 2: Strong Roots, Myriad Branches. Structure and Spread of Vidya
Bharati
* 3: Life of Schools
* 4: From Sages to Sieges. Textbooks in Vidya Bharati Schools
* 5: Many Pasts. Comparing Vidya Bharati and NCERT's Narratives on
History
* 6: Minstrels and Kings. Connections between Vidya Bharati, RSS and
BJP
* Conclusion
* CONCLUSION: Vidya Bharati and Nationalist Sanskritisation