Author : Helal Dhali
Release : 2022
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Book Synopsis Coloniality, Decoloniality, and Difference by : Helal Dhali

Download or read book Coloniality, Decoloniality, and Difference written by Helal Dhali. This book was released on 2022. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study aims to offer a comprehensive perspective of extremism and suggest some proactive measures for the prevention of various types and forms of extremism prevalent among youth in Bangladesh. To achieve these objectives, this research mainly relies on university students' views about extremism because extremism has largely been rising among young adults in the country. Guided by a set of post-colonial theories and some educational approaches, data were gathered through a few qualitative methods including Active Participatory Discussion Sessions (APDSs), Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), and in-depth interviews (IDIs). Findings show that students' overall understanding of extremism is much broader than that of policymakers. Students mentioned several types and forms of extremism in addition to Islamist terrorism, such as, religious extremism, anti-religious extreme atheism, Bengali ethnocentrism, misogyny/gender-based extremism, and political extremism. Students also identified some issues as extremism that do not fit the general understanding of extremism, and as it is used in the study. Students have developed conceptions of extremism through their observations, experiences, and learning from various sources rather than their school educational experience. Formal education in Bangladesh neither emphasizes controversial topics like extremism, gender and other differences, and sexuality, nor highlights important concepts like difference, diversity, and inequality in educational curricula. Findings also reveal some noticeable differences between the perceptions of male and female students at the intersectionality of rural/urban locations and socio-economic positions. Finally, this thesis highlights the need to involve and organize formal education as a proactive measure to prevent/counter all forms of extremism. It also suggests adding some crucial and controversial topics to K-12 curricula and incorporating specific teaching strategies into pedagogical practices to develop an anti-communalist, humanistic, critical multicultural and cosmopolitan outlook among students"--