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Dypedokk Johnsen, Hege – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2019
Socrates is famous for claiming that 'I know one thing: That I know nothing'. There is one subject that Socrates repeatedly claims to have expertise in, however: ta erôtika. Socrates also refers to this expertise as his erôtikê technê, which may be translated as 'erotic expertise'. I argue that the purposes this expertise serve are, to a…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Expertise, Interpersonal Relationship, Sexuality
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Gerlier, Valentin – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2019
This article explores the notion of eros and education by turning to erotic literature: specifically, Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost." In this early play, Shakespeare portrays a sophisticated Renaissance world in which the conventions of literary education overtly affirm and celebrate eros whilst covertly denying its relational and…
Descriptors: English Literature, Educational Philosophy, Drama, Teaching Methods
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Williams, Kevin – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2019
Drawing on both philosophical and imaginative sources, this article explores the profile of concern and caring in the teacher-learner relationship. Following a defence of the role of narrative in educational theory, the nature of the teacher--learner relationship and the role of concern in the relationship are addressed. The main part of the essay…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Caring, Intimacy, Sexuality
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Vlieghe, Joris; Zamojski, Piotr – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2019
In this article we develop the idea that there exists a unique educational love and that it moreover can be identified as essential to education. First, developing Arendt's claim that education is about the existing generation introducing newcomers to the world, we argue that the object-side of educational love is not the student, but first and…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Intimacy, Intellectual Disciplines, Disclosure
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Luzon, Pinhas – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2016
Erotic Counter Education (ECE) is the educational position of the late Ilan Gur-Ze'ev. In ECE Gur-Ze'ev combines two opposing positions in the philosophy of education, one teleological and anti-utopian, the other teleological and utopian. In light of this unique combination, I ask what mediates between these two poles and suggest that the answer…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories, Critical Theory
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Laverty, Megan Jane – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2019
I focus on J.M. Coetzee's contribution to philosophy of education by examining his most recent novels, "The Childhood of Jesus" (2013) and "The Schooldays of Jesus" (2016). These novels appear to narrate the formative education of the child, Davíd, together comprising a contemporary bildungsroman. Coetzee's transformation of…
Descriptors: Authors, Educational Philosophy, Novels, Literary Genres