Does the teacher enjoy? Thinking through educational enjoyment with Lacan
Join this event to hear Nick Stock draw on Laconian theory to explore the structure of education teachers find themselves in.
Does the teacher enjoy? Thinking through educational enjoyment with Lacan
07 Jun 2023, 17:30 – 19:15
Philosophical questions about teachers often ask what teachers are for or perhaps, how they can improve. But amidst a teacher recruitment shortfall, waves of teacher strikes, a disillusioned workforce, and a rising sense of authoritarianism, can a teacher can enjoy “being” a teacher.
In this seminar, Nick will consider the teacher as a subject in the education structure and pose questions concerning educational enjoyment, or jouissance.
This in-person event will be particularly useful for philosophers of education, practicing teachers and those interested in Lacanian psychoanalysis.
PESGB seminar series
This event is part of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB) seminar series. 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 the Centre for Philosophy 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.
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Nick Stock
Independent researcher
He is currently exploring Lacanian psychoanalysis as an approach to unravelling the desires of teachers. He has other interests in poststructuralist philosophy and radical political theory.