Ethnicity in education in the light of world-system analysis and the theory of forms of capital
O. A. Persidskaya
Institute of Philosophy and Law of the SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
Keywords: world-system analysis, theory of capitals by P. Bourdieu, education system, ethnocultural component of education, ethnicity
Abstract
Introduction. School and university in the modern world are one of the significant social institutions where a person encounters ethnic diversity and realizes his/her own ethnic identity more deeply. One of the goals in the education system is to educate a person who understands his/her place in a multi-ethnic world, where the value of different ethnic cultures is equal. However, the full realization of this goal is not always possible. Methodology. The analysis of the difficulties that do not allow to fulfill the designated goal is made on the basis of the synthesis of the world-system analysis and P. Bourdieu’s theory of capitals. Examples of such synthesis in socio-humanitarianism by M. Demeter and R. H. Ortiz are given. Discussion. On the basis of consideration of the development strategies change from “struggle against exploitation” in the Soviet period to “struggle against exclusion” in the post-Soviet period, it is demonstrated how different forms of ethnic group capitals have been devalued in the peripheral regions of Russia. Emphasis is placed on the difficulties faced by the education system of peripheral ethnic regions in Russia, including lack of funding, the predominant orientation of the younger generation to cultural-symbolic patterns of consumption centers and devaluation of the traditional ethnic patterns value, educational inequality, insufficient channels of ethnicity broadcasting, and others. It is shown that the difficult situation of the ethnic region’s economies in the country and educational inequality are in contradiction with the high prestige of ethnic identity, indicated in educational strategies. Conclusion. It is concluded that underestimation of any form of capital (economic, social, cultural, symbolic) in the humanistic goals implementation of reproduction and preservation of ethnic diversity of the peoples in Russia, which are already assigned to the education system, may result in the ineffectiveness of the efforts spent.
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