Altering Habits of Attention in Education: Simone Weil and Emmanuel Levinas
Publication Type |
Book Chapter |
Year of Publication |
2004 |
Author |
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Editor |
Alexander, Hanan A. |
Book |
Spirituality and Ethics in Education: Philosophical, Theological and Radical Perspectives |
Pages |
42-53 |
Publisher |
Sussex Academic Press |
Place Published |
Brighton, U.K. |
Language |
English |
Chapter |
4 |
Keywords |
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Annotation |
After diagnosing a problem with ‘attention’ in modern day education, Eppert goes on to suggest the philosophical thought of Simone Weil and Emmanuel Levinas offer resources for a possible solution. Especially helpful, she goes on to claim, is Weil’s notion of attention as found in her “Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God”. Weil’s notion of attention, in conjunction with Levinas’ ethics of ‘alterity’ together offer, Eppert claims, a new way of looking at the problem of attention in education, one that addresses the deeper issues and questions relevant to the problem. |