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Orientalizem v učnih načrtih za zgodovino od leta 1945 do leta 1991
Orientalism in history curricula from 1945 to 1991

Author(s): Rok Kastelic
Subject(s): History of Education, State/Government and Education, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Sociology of Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Slovenski šolski muzej
Keywords: orientalism; curriculum; Orient; Said; history teaching;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses how history curricula between 1945 and 1991 contributed to the spread of orientalist discourse. It divides the content of many curricula and various other fragments from documents from that time into meaningful units that are then further supplemented with findings from classical and modern historiography. Documents from the past are examined in the spirit of the findings of that time, while at the same time their content is evaluated in line with today’s findings. Analysis and explanation are thus interwoven in order to show a way out of the orientalist discourse which (subconsciously) sees “the Orient” as inferior.

  • Issue Year: 31/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 99-124
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Slovenian
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