National Identity through Literacy Textbooks in Kazakhstan: A Critical Essay

Critical Essay

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................3
MAIN BODY......................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................3
REFERENCES....................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
This project is based on a critical essay on the National Identity through
literacy textbooks in Kazakhstan. National identity is referred to the identity
of a person or sense of belongingness to one or more nations or states. This
is important because it not only increases physical security but also
stimulates good governance as well as helps in developing economy (Isaacs,
2018). The significance of national identity is that it provides assistance in
promoting trust among citizens and ultimately creates possible liberal
democracy itself. In this essay, I will support that literary textbooks are a
crucial means to foster national identity in Kazakhstan and this critical essay
will cover all the perspectives of national identity in which literacy textbooks
play a critical role in its promotion.
MAIN BODY
The term National Identity is referred to the citizens' identity of a nation
with their own traditions which are concerned with history as well as culture
of the country along with their moral values, beliefs, ideas, national
sovereignty and many more. The concept of national identity is one of the
most discussed topics within the society of Kazakh and is also considered as
a significant element of the modern humanist. The belief of national identity
within a recently self-reliant Central Asian Country of Kazakhstan was
constantly contented, imagined and defined since collapse of the Soviet
Union in year 1991. Because of the historical events, this place is considered
as an extreme diverged multi-ethnic society as it is home to 125 ethnicities.
An analysis of the early literacy textbooks identified that textbooks are
enhancingly Kazakhified as well as concentrate mainly on the ethnicity of the
Kazakh (Kadyrzhanov & Abdykaimova, 2020). The ethicised curriculum is
potentially conflicting with the diverse cultural society of Kazakhstan and can
adversely influence the social cohesion as well as inter-ethnic peace and
harmony within the nation. The issue that is concerned with collective
national identity formation such as a shared cultural perception by a group of