Event, weak pedagogy, and shattered love in John Williams' Stoner

Dunne, Éamonn 2016. Event, weak pedagogy, and shattered love in John Williams' Stoner. JOMEC Journal 10 , pp. 75-83. 10.18573/j.2016.10088

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Abstract

What do we mean when we talk about events? Can we even (really) say we know what an ‘event’ is? To begin thinking about teaching in terms of the event is to begin thinking about all of those things that happen in our classrooms that we don’t and can’t control. Thinking the event means thinking about the unthinkable, the unforeseeable and ultimately the unknowable. It is about letting go of a concept – almost impossible to relinquish – that teaching and learning are transparent entities: understandable, limitable, predictable, something we can and do know about. Thinking about the event is thinking about what actually happens, not what we think should or ought to happen in our classrooms.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Jacques Derrida; John D. Caputo; Weak Pedagogy; Hospitality
Publisher:	Cardiff University Press
ISSN:	2049-2340
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	26 January 2017
Date of Acceptance:	1 December 2016
Last Modified:	02 May 2023 17:13
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/97778

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