Endless Siege
Education and Nationalism in Vidya Bharati Schools
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9780192865564
Publication date:
10/08/2022
Hardback
384 pages
270x160mm
Price: 1695.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780192865564
Publication date:
10/08/2022
Hardback
384 pages
Krzysztof Iwanek
- The first ever book on Vidya Bharati, a chain of RSS schools and the largest private school network in India.
- Presents the contents of textbooks used in these schools (including radical history textbooks) which have never been an object of academic scrutiny and were never mentioned in media (Indian or otherwise).
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Krzysztof Iwanek
Description
This 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). The first study of its kind, this volume is an important narrative on the role and impact of textbooks in modern India. Despite having limited resources (they are run on a tight budget) and being based on a radical ideology that derives from a 'Hindu' nationalist agenda, the Vidya Bharati schools have achieved considerable success in the free market of private education and have grown to over 12,000 schools within 40 years. They are an important example of the interlinkage between ideology and nationalism in contemporary India. The author analyses school structure, curriculum, teaching quality, institutional goals, and ideology in an effort to identify reasons behind Vidya Bharati's success and to show through his field research that a combined strategy of pragmatism blended with ideology has allowed the schools to become highly sought-after. This analysis then asks broader questions about the failures of the public education system in India.
About the author
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.
About the author
Krzysztof Iwanek, Centre for Security Studies, War Studies University, Warsaw, Poland, Head, Asia Research Centre
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.
Krzysztof Iwanek
Table of contents
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
Krzysztof Iwanek
Description
This 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). The first study of its kind, this volume is an important narrative on the role and impact of textbooks in modern India. Despite having limited resources (they are run on a tight budget) and being based on a radical ideology that derives from a 'Hindu' nationalist agenda, the Vidya Bharati schools have achieved considerable success in the free market of private education and have grown to over 12,000 schools within 40 years. They are an important example of the interlinkage between ideology and nationalism in contemporary India. The author analyses school structure, curriculum, teaching quality, institutional goals, and ideology in an effort to identify reasons behind Vidya Bharati's success and to show through his field research that a combined strategy of pragmatism blended with ideology has allowed the schools to become highly sought-after. This analysis then asks broader questions about the failures of the public education system in India.
About the author
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.
About the author
Krzysztof Iwanek, Centre for Security Studies, War Studies University, Warsaw, Poland, Head, Asia Research Centre
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.
Table of contents
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
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