Endgame

Reading, writing, talking (and perhaps thinking) in a faculty of education

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ID8859006
AuthorsJorge Larrosa (0000-0002-2862-8401, a University of Barcelona, Spain, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume42
Issue5-6
Pages683-703
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00693.x
OpenAlexW1975537095
LanguageEN
Citations received2

The article offers a conversation with the ghost of the madman 'Jacotot/Rancière': one of the possible dialogues between the ignorant schoolmaster and my own perplexities in what I feel to be an endgame. Is there any point at the present time, in the declining mercantilist university, in pondering once again the issue of the place of philosophy in institutions responsible for training people who will work in the sphere of education? 'We' knew the old words, so the article goes, but now we are no longer sure they mean anything. And we are not keen to learn the new ones: we do not trust them, they are irrelevant to us. Moreover, we are sad and tired. All we feel is rage and impotence. Will we be capable of trying all the words once again: university, philosophy, education? Will we be capable of trying all the verbs once again: reading, writing, conversing, perhaps thinking? Keywords: RancièreBeckettuniversityDeleuzeeducation reformfaculty of education

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