"Never Again the Everyday": On Cinema, Colportage and the Pedagogical Possibilities of Escapism

Autor/in	Hållander, Marie
Titel	"Never Again the Everyday": On Cinema, Colportage and the Pedagogical Possibilities of Escapism
Quelle	In: Studies in Philosophy and Education, 40 (2021) 5, S.493-505 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hållander, Marie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-3746
DOI	10.1007/s11217-021-09781-w
Schlagwörter	Programming (Broadcast); Television Viewing; Attention; Instruction; Social Justice; Films; Popular Culture; Educational Philosophy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programmgestaltung; Fernsehkonsum; Aufmerksamkeit; Teaching process; Unterrichtsprozess; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Film; Popkultur; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie
Abstract	This article is a philosophical analysis of escapism as a pedagogical possibility, with a particular focus on TV series. Taking my own, as well as students, experience of escapism into TV series as a starting point, that is, their ability take us somewhere far away, something which has become more acute during the pandemic time since we remain more or less self-isolated because of the corona virus COVID-19, the article discusses escapism in relation to distraction and attention in life as well as within teaching, but also in relation to colportage, hope and social justice. According to Ernst Bloch, social justice cannot materialize without regarding things differently. Something that is often dismissed as mere escapism might be a seed for a new and more humane social order, as it can be seen as an "immature, but honest substitute for revolution" (Bloch 1986, p. 368). Drawing on Bloch's understanding of colportage and hope, as well as Walter Benjamin's understanding of mass culture and cinema, the article treats escapism and TV series not as something simple, but rather as possible seeds for a new social order and thus as having pedagogical possibilities (Hållander, 2020). (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01