A Fierce Little Tragedy : Thought, Passion, and Self-Formation in the Philosophy Classroom / Herman Stark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stark, Herman, author.

Series:

Value Inquiry Book Series

Philosophy of Education ; Volume: 147

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 146 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : BRILL, 2003.

Summary:

Annotation "The book explores, in novel form, what can happen to us, whether professor or student, as a result of the philosophical classroom. The approach is to consider the classroom as a unique happening of philosophy, different than reporting theories or doing research, through which a distinctive mode of philosophical formation can occur."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Contents:

Foreword by George David Miller

Preface

Acknowledgments

ONE A Philosophical Lēnōcinium

TWO Let Your Reason Serve To Make Truth Appear

THREE I Like To Listen To The Way You Speak

FOUR Virtuously Vulnerable

FIVE Was It Platonic?

SIX Tit-À-Tit

SEVEN Under The Egoism Beneath The Skin

EIGHT Form Precedes Content, And Lingers

NINE Philosophical Laughter

TEN Fine Hands And The Futures Market

ELEVEN Masses Masticating At The Movies

TWELVE When The Giver Proves Unkind

THIRTEEN Poor Geppetto, Alone In The Ghetto

FOURTEEN Never Again Pretend To Understand

FIFTEEN Look Homeward, Angel

SIXTEEN Psychoanalyzing The Stuffing Out

SEVENTEEN The Zhivago Of Chicago

EIGHTEEN Amazing Grace?

EPILOGUE

1. Philosophy as Wonder

2. Philosophical Asking

3. Metaphysical Wonder

4. Philosophical Thinking as Asking

5. Asking Plato

6. Questions and the Value of Philosophy

7. Heidegger and "Being-a-self"

8. The Asking Mystery

9. Conclusion

Works Cited

About The Author

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789004458734

9004458735

OCLC:

1294388027