Of Nils and Nation: Selma Lagerlöf'sThe Wonderful Adventures of Nils

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
BJÖRN SUNDMARK
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
School System ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
State School ◽  
Linguistic Differences ◽  
Vested Interests ◽  
National Ideology ◽  
Selma Lagerlof

Recently past its centenary, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906–7), by Selma Lagerlöf, has remained an international children's classic, famous for its charm and magical elements. This article returns to read the book in its original contexts, and sets out to demonstrate that it was also published as a work of instruction, a work of geography, calculated to build character and nation. Arguing that it represents the vested interests of the state school system, and the national ideology of modern Sweden, the article analyses Nils's journey as the production of a Swedish ‘space’. With a focus on representations of power and nationhood in the text, it points to the way Lagerlöf takes stock of the nation's natural resources, characterises its inhabitants, draws upon legends and history, and ultimately constructs a ‘folkhem’, where social classes, ethnic groups and linguistic differences are all made to contribute to a sense of Swedish belonging and destiny.

Hate and the State in Ancient Greece

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Konstan
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Moral Emotion ◽  
Classical Antiquity ◽  
Greek City ◽  
Significant Development ◽  
Civil Strife ◽  
City States

In classical antiquity, thinkers like Aristotle regarded hatred, unlike envy, as a moral emotion, elicited by the perception of vice. Nevertheless, hatred might be taken to irrational extremes (there are occasional expressions of hatred of all women, for example), and antagonisms between ethnic groups (as in Sparta or Alexandria) or social classes (in many Greek city states) could lead to open conflict or civil war. Classical states had few resources to inhibit or control such hatreds. One significant development in this direction, however, was the amnesty decreed in Athens to heal the wounds of the civil strife that broke out after Athens’ defeat in the Peloponnesian War.

Schulform- und Schulstrukturgarantien in den deutschen Landesverfassungen

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Köster
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School System ◽  
The State ◽  
Education Law ◽  
School Systems ◽  
State Law ◽  
State School ◽  
State Constitutions ◽  
Federal Constitution ◽  
German States

Should the state school system separate different students into different schools by their level of intelligence? The book analyses and compares the constitutional regulation of the secondary school systems in the 16 German states. As education law is state law in Germany, the federal constitution (Grundgesetz) is much less important in this area than the 16 state constitutions.

scholarly journals RELIGIONS, EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY THE NECESSITY OF INTER-RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE MODERN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-125
Author(s):  
Polikarpos Karamouzis
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
School System ◽  
The State ◽  
Public School System ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
State School ◽  
Secondary Importance ◽  
Democratic Societies

To summarize, we must point out that the religious education should not be a factor of secondary importance for democratic societies, with the condition that it constitutes one important aspect of each culture separately. If democratic societies are indifferent, provision of religious education will potentially be passed to religious communities because the state school will be unable to manage an objective multifaith education.

Qualität des öffentlichen Schulwesens als Verfassungsgebot?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Große
Keyword(s):  
Educational Research ◽  
School System ◽  
School Policy ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The State ◽  
School Law ◽  
State School ◽  
New Findings ◽  
The Status

Since Germany’s shock at the results of the PISA test in 2001, the quality of the country’s state school system has been the focus of interest in society, politics and academic thinking. At about the same time, school legislators reacted to new findings in educational research and cautiously granted schools a certain degree of independence. In this study, the author links these two topics, which are still central to the discussion on school policy and school law. After analysing the status quo of school autonomy in Germany’s 16 school laws, she deals with the question of whether and to what extent the state is constitutionally obliged to guarantee the quality of the state school system and provide schools with comprehensive autonomy as a means of ensuring that quality. This not least reveals that the findings of other disciplines—namely pedagogics and educational research—can and even must be incorporated into school law.

scholarly journals Self‐selection in the state school system

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Robertson ◽  
James Symons
Keyword(s):  
School System ◽  
The State ◽  
State School ◽  
Self Selection

Afars of Ethiopia in the system of ethnic federalism

2018 ◽  
pp. 126-146
Author(s):  
Roza Ismagilova
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Ethnic Relations ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Horn Of Africa ◽  
State Structure ◽  
Ethnic Federalism

The article pioneers the analyses of the results of ethnic federalism introduced in Ethiopia in 1991 – and its influence on Afar. Ethnicity was proclaimed the fundamental principle of the state structure. The idea of ethnicity has become the basis of official ideology. The ethnic groups and ethnic identity have acquired fundamentally importance on the political and social levels . The country has been divided into nine ethnically-based regions. The article exposes the complex ethno-political and economic situation in the Afar State, roots and causes of inter- and intra-ethnic relations and conflicts with Amhara, Oromo, Tigray and Somali-Issa, competition of ethnic elites for power and recourses. Alive is the idea of “The Greater Afar”which would unite all Afar of the Horn of Africa. The protests in Oromia and Amhara Regions in 2015–2017 influenced the Afar state as welll. The situation in Ethiopia nowadays is extremely tense. Ethiopia is plunging into serious political crisis. Some observers call it “the beginning of Ethiopian spring”, the others – “Color revolution”

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