Philosophy of Education as an Exercise in Thought: To Not Forget Oneself when "Things Take Their Course"

Autor/in	Masschelein, Jan
Titel	Philosophy of Education as an Exercise in Thought: To Not Forget Oneself when "Things Take Their Course"
Quelle	In: European Educational Research Journal, 10 (2011) 3, S.356-363 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.2304/eerj.2011.10.3.356
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Laboratories; Independent Study; Reflection; Interpersonal Relationship; Films; Foreign Countries; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Laboratory; Laboratorium; Selbststudium; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Film; Ausland; Belgien
Abstract	Starting from a distinction between a critical and an ascetic tradition in philosophy and taking into account their different stances towards the present, the article proposes a practice of philosophy of education within the ascetic tradition. In this tradition, the work of philosophy is in the first place a work on the self--that is, "putting oneself to "the test of contemporary reality""--implying an enlightenment not of others but of oneself; however, of oneself not as subject of knowledge, but as subject of action. Putting oneself to the test is, therefore, an exercise in the context of self-education. The article indicates how this exercise can be described as an "exercise of/in thought", how it has to be conceived not as a private matter but as a "public gesture" and as a condition for a truth-telling that is in the first place illuminating and inviting. In order to do so, the article first recalls how Hannah Arendt describes her own work and how this indicates what kind of philosophical practice is entailed in the ascetic tradition. In line with this description, a topical example (i.e. the films of the Belgian Dardenne brothers) is offered of how educational philosophical research in this tradition is carried out today. And, finally, it is clarified how this relates to a proposal for doing "empirical" philosophical research and for creating laboratories. (Contains 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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