Civil Enculturation

by Schiffauer, Werner; Baumann, Gerd; Kastoryano, Riva; Vertovec, Steven

• ISBN13: 9781571815941
• ISBN10: 1571815945
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Berghahn Books

Summary

For several years now, the concepts of 'civil culture'and 'civil society'have been widely discussed in the social sciences. Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, this volume is one of few studies that offer solid and focused ethnographic research on how the tenets and assumptions of civil culture are inculcated in schools. The authors examined school curricula, texts and pedagogical practices, observed daily interaction within the schools and outside, and conducted numerous interviews and discussion groups. The experience of students from Turkish backgrounds in the four countries was given special attention, thus offering valuable insights into the changing dynamics of nation-state civil cultures in multicultural societies.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction: Nation-state, Schools and Civil Enculturation	1	(20)
Gerd Baumann
PART I: FOUR CIVIL CULTURES AT SCHOOL
1 The School as a Place in its Social Space	21	(12)
Gerd Baumann and Thijl Sunier
2 Representing the Nation in History Textbooks	33	(27)
Werner Schiffauer and Thijl Sunier
3 Taxonomies of Cultural Difference: Constructions of Otherness	60	(28)
Sabine Mannitz and Werner Schiffauer
4 The Place of Religion in Four Civil Cultures	88	(31)
Sabine Mannitz
5 Muslim Headscarves in Four Nation-states and Schools	119	(28)
Beate Collet
PART II: CIVIL ENCULTURATION AND DISCURSIVE ASSIMILATION
6 National Language and Mother Tongue	147	(17)
Thijl Sunier
7 Regimes of Discipline and Civil Conduct in Berlin and Paris	164	(46)
Sabine Mannitz
8 Argumentative Strategies	210	(32)
Thijl Sunier
9 Pupils' Negotiations of Cultural Difference: Identity Management and Discursive Assimilation	242	(65)
Sabine Mannitz
EPILOGUE Limitations, Convergence and Cross-overs	307	(28)
Sabine Mannitz
Notes on Contributors	335	(2)
Bibliography	337	(12)
Index	349