Global Regional Review

Abstract

This paper explores the nature of conflict that unfolded between the supporters of traditionalist and modernist education in Tsarist Central Asia. The paper explores the viewpoint of each camp and explores the causes of such approach. The paper finds that the conflict or divergence was driven by the desire to ensure the protection of political and economic interests each camp cherished. While status quo offered traditionalists economic security and political power, the new order and industrialization that came to Central Asia in the wake of Tsarist conquests offered modernists a future in which their political power and economic prosperity was ensured. Both camps diverged in rationalizing education as means to sustaining their world view. However, they also converged in their instrumental approach to education. Arguments that each camp offered to support their vision of education are relevant to the debates between the modern and traditional education in the modern Muslim world, especially Pakistan.

Authors

1-Ayaz Ahmad
Lecturer,Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.

2-Sana Hussan
Lecturer,Department of English,Women University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.

3-Muhammad Shoaib Malik
Assistant Professor,Department of Pakistan Studies, National University of Modern Languages Islamabad, Pakistan.

Keywords

Bukhara, Central Asian Education, Islamic education

DOI Number

10.31703/grr.2016(I-I).11

Page Nos

141-149

Volume & Issue

I - I