VIRTUAL EVENT: Turning the table on the subject of learning
In this webinar, Professor Eduardo Duarte will discuss this ‘turning’ and the formative power of the aesthetic experience. He will explore this by taking up Plato’s famous allegory of the cave from book 7 of his Republic.
VIRTUAL EVENT: Turning the table on the subject of learning
24 Feb 2021, 17:30 – 19:00
For more information and to register for the event, please contact Alison Brady.
Foucault described how the ancient philosophical tradition of transcending towards the truth that exists beyond our world demanded a transformation.
This transformation into the subject of learning, into the one capable of receiving truth, occurs by way of a ‘turning’ that takes a person away from their individual, private concerns and towards what today we might describe as global consciousness.
His reading of Plato’s allegory is situated within an attempt to describe the ‘turning’ of the subject as a philosophical education happening via the aesthetic experience or encounter with art.
This education emerges out of phenomenological contemplation, which always involves a transcendental move ‘beyond’ the self and, as such, produces existential liberation: a freedom ‘beyond’ the self, or the freedom experienced in the place of ‘no self’.
PESGB seminar series
The Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB) is a learned society that promotes the study, teaching and application of philosophy of education. Its London Branch hosts seminars every Wednesday in conjunction with Philosophy at the Institute of Education.
These seminars are led by national and international scholars in the field, covering a wide range of issues of educational and philosophical concern. All are welcome to attend.
Links
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- Philosophy at the Institute of Education
- Department of Education, Practice and Society
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Eduardo Duarte
Professor at Hofstra University
Eduardo teaches courses in philosophy in the Department of Teaching, Learning, Technology.
He earned his PhD in Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. He is the author of 'Being and Learning' (Sense Publishers: 2012), and 'Beyond Fragmentation, Toward Polyphony' (Lambert Academic Publishing: 2010).
Eduardo is also host and producer of The Dead Zone, a weekly radio program broadcast on 88.7FM WRHU.ORG (Radio Hofstra University) that is dedicated to exploring the live performances of Grateful Dead, as well as the music that influenced the band.
Further information
Ticketing
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Cost
Free
Open to
All
Availability
Yes