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Education, Reconciliation and Nested Identities

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

In divided societies reconciliation between groups is an important, though difficult, goal. Democratic states always favor some group identities over others, making the idea of full reconciliation ever elusive. I argue that education alone cannot do much for reconciliation in divided societies, but can do so in tandem with a parallel political process of reconciliation. One way to push reconciliation through both is to construct a society that accepts the idea of nested identities; a state with nested identities accepts the different identities within it, though an overarching state identity is overlaid on top of these other identities. I suggest ways in which the idea of nested identities can be implemented in schools.

Key Words: divided societies • group identity • liberalism • nationalism • reconciliation

Theory and Research in Education, Vol. 1, No. 1, 51-72 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1477878503001001004


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