Essays in the Phenomenology of Learning - The Challenge of Proximity

This book explores the phenomenology of learning with particular focus on the 'closeness' or 'proximity' of the knowledge that impacts on learners, young and old.

Studying the power of learning to transform human beings, this book offers an in-depth discussion of how different phenomenologists understand this 'proximate' power. It draws on ideas of encounter from Husserl, care from Heidegger, bodily learning from Merleau-Ponty, language from Foucault, omnipotence from Winnicott and recognition from Honneth. The book examines how phenomenological insight can explain the character of radical learning.

The book will appeal to academics and post-graduate students in the fields of philosophy of education, educational psychology, teaching, and learning.

List of contents

Part I: Approaches to proximity. 1. Socrates and the proximity of address. 2. Phenomenology and the proximity of learning. Part II: Phenomenological perspectives. 3. Husserl and the proximity of encounter. 4. Heidegger and the proximity of care. 5. Boredom and the proximity of risk. 6. Merleau-Ponty and the proximity of body. 7. Foucault and the proximity of words. Part III: Fundamental proximity. 8. Winnicott and the proximity of omnipotence. 9. Honneth and the proximity of recognition. Conclusion.

About the author

Fiachra Long is retired Senior Lecturer in Education at University College Cork.

Summary

This book explores the phenomenology of learning with particular focus on the ‘closeness’ or ‘proximity’ of the knowledge that impacts on learners, young and old.

Product details

• Authors: Fiachra Long, Fiachra (University College Cork Long, Long Fiachra
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781032245744
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3224574-4
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Education
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Research, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education