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Abraham and Moses as Entrepreneurs: Educating for the Future with Narratives of the Past
Over the past two decades, the entrepreneurial ethos has gained prominence in state education systems across many countries, aiming to construct an entrepreneurial identity among children and youth. The entrepreneurial ideal is frequently regarded in sociological literature as part of the neoliberal culture serving the global free market economy. The global entrepreneurial discourse promotes neoliberal values which include future orientation, personal autonomy and individualisation. Concurrently, state education systems strive to shape a national identity. In Israel, this objective is uniquely translated to promote an ethno-national, Zionist, Jewish-Israeli identity. The paradox between entrepreneurialism and ethno-nationalism raises an important question: How does the global entrepreneurial discourse, which advocates for a neoliberal, individualistic, and future-oriented identity, intersects with a state education system that seeks to establish a collectivist and ethno-national identity? The study followed the translation of the global entrepreneurial discourse into the local Israeli state education system (mamlakhti) among policymakers, educators, and within educational spaces through a multi-focal qualitative research. Findings reveal a hybrid entrepreneurial-nationalistic ideal emerging in Israeli education, merging neoliberalism and ethno-nationalism, and combining future orientation with Jewish-Israeli narratives and symbols. As neoliberal and ethno-national narratives are weaved together, the local discourse reclaims and reproduces social in/exclusion, marking social boundaries and perpetuating inequality. The research contributes to the understanding of how discourse (re)shapes the social, by showing how a global educational discourse is redesigned and translated within a socio-political context.
Date:
19 November 2024, 14:15
Venue:
St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details:
Seminar Room 5
Speaker:
Dr Sari Alfi-Nissan (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Oxford School of Global and Area Studies
Organisers:
Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford),
Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Organiser contact email address:
charlotte.guillain@area.ox.ac.uk
Hosts:
Dr Davidi Borabeck (University of Oxford),
Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Part of:
Israel Studies Seminar
Booking required?:
Recommended
Booking url:
https://forms.office.com/e/GFnpG8TT0g
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Charlotte Guillain
