THE KEY ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE FORMATION OF NATIONS

Authors

  • Flavius GHENDER PhD, assistant professor Aurel Vlaicu University, Arad

Keywords:

nationalism, nation, education, school, ethnic groups

Abstract

In this paper I focused on the role of school
and education in the process of nation formation and the
development of nationalism as political ideology.
Nations and nationalism are products of modernity:
even if the nationalist ideology describes the nation as a
natural frame for human existence, nations are born at
the crossroads of industrial and political revolutions of
19th century and religious reform. Profound economical
and political transformations changed social relations
and created new forms o identity. Nations are best
described as imagined communities, constructed by
nationalist intellectuals. In this complex transformation
process, the educational system played a key role.

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Published

2016-12-21