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Bridging neoliberalism and Hindu nationalism : the role of education in bringing about contemporary India / Marie Lall, Kusha Anand.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lall, M. C. (Marie-Carine), author.
- Anand, Kusha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education and state--India.
- Education and state.
- Hindutva.
- India--Social conditions--21st century.
- India.
- India--Politics and government--2014-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (338 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Bridging Neoliberalism and Hindu Nationalism: The Role of Education in Bringing about Contemporary India
- Copyright information
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- List of abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- A short review of neoliberalism and its effects on education
- From economic neoliberalism to nationalist populism
- Education as a political tool
- Methodology and data
- Content summary
- 1 The Role of Post-Colonial Politics in Re-Theorizing India's
- The Nehruvian doctrine
- Building India on idealism
- Who is Indian in newly independent India? Nehru's vision
- Nehruvian education policy
- The turning point, 1991
- India goes bust
- The world after the end of the Soviet Union
- The new economic situation
- Changing India's economic model
- neoliberal solutions in a globalizing world
- Economic reforms, decentralization to the states, and the rise of regional parties
- Post-reform education
- The rise of Hindu nationalism and BJP politics
- The results of the liberalization programme
- what changes?
- The effects of the reforms on society
- The identity crisis of the middle classes
- How India went through three elections in five years
- National identity in an age of globalization
- Drawing the battle lines: the use of education to promote a new national identity
- Conclusion
- Part I Education and Ideology
- 2 Hindu Nationalism Versus Secularism and the Social Realities of Discrimination
- Background to textbooks' revisions in India
- 'Indianise, nationalise, spiritualise': 2000-2004
- The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
- The textbooks between 2000 and 2004
- Hindu cultural superiority
- The demonization and pathologization of Islam and the Muslim community
- Contestations
- Moving the debate to the states: 2004-2014 Congress rule
- The BJP returns in 2014
- a new Hinduized identity led by state governments
- The RSS takes charge of education policy
- The role of the state governments
- Historical events and exclusion of Muslims: distortions and omissions
- Discrimination on the ground
- Ghar Wapsi campaign, love jihad, and the cow vigilantes
- Delhi's Happiness Curriculum, Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum
- Hindu traditions and role models
- Deshbhakti (patriotism) curriculum in Delhi government schools
- The 2019 elections and the new NEP 2020
- The NEP's saffron edges
- The NEP 2020
- 3 India's Neoliberal Schools: The Hindu Nationalist and Neoliberal Agenda in School Education
- Government schools
- PPPs as a solution
- The neoliberal approach of NGOs
- Teachers' realities on the ground
- Private schools
- RSS-run schools
- Part II The Effects of Neoliberalism on Teachers and Higher Education
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 4 Teachers' Voices: Neoliberal and Hindu Nationalist Agendas in School Education in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Jaipur, and Guwahati
- Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 19, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lall, Marie Bridging Neoliberalism and Hindu Nationalism
- ISBN:
- 9781529223248
- 1529223245
- Publisher Number:
- 99995990166
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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