Philosophising the Dialogos Way towards Wisdom in Education
Philosophising the Dialogos Way towards Wisdom in Education

Author: Guro Hansen Helskog

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-05

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1351033972

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Philosophising the Dialogos Way towards Wisdom in Education proposes the innovative and holistic Dialogos approach to practical philosophy as a way of facilitating wisdom-oriented pedagogy. The book encourages individual and collective development through dialectical interplays between personal life, philosophical concepts and subject matter. Based on two decades of the author’s reflective pedagogical practice research, this book develops a philosophy of dialogical relationships. It analyses approaches to philosophical practice and suggests facilitation moves and philosophical exercises that can be adapted across educational levels, school subjects and higher education disciplines. Chapters provide examples of transformative philosophical group dialogues and suggest pathways towards multi perspective thinking, mutual understanding and wisdom in culturally diverse contexts. Philosophising the Dialogos Way towards Wisdom in Education can be used as a holistic approach to democracy education, peace education, education for sustainable living and wellbeing. The book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and students in the fields of teacher education, philosophy of education and higher education. It will also appeal to practising professionals such as teachers and teacher educators in secondary and higher education.

Thus Spake the Dervish
Thus Spake the Dervish

Author: Alexandre Papas

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-06-24

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9004402020

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In Thus Spake the Dervish Alexandre Papas traces the unfamiliar history of marginal Sufis, known as dervishes, in early modern and modern Central Asia over a period of 500 years.

Eros Over Logos
Eros Over Logos

Author: Salvatore Folisi

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781477439296

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"Literally translated, Eros Over Logos means love over logic. In the context of this book, Eros represents not only love, but also the instinctual energy of the soul and the intelligent consciousness of the body in our resonance with the life-force; whereas Logos is equated with the "neck-up" activities of the mind and its attempt to make sense out of reality through conceptual interpretations. Eros Over Logos was written as a critique of a society that has developed largely through the exaltation of Logos and the repression of Eros-that values logic over love, the head over the heart, man over earth, technology over nature, and modern society over indigenous culture. As such, Eros Over Logos seeks to produce dents, cracks, ruptures and gashes in the consensual fabric of our wounded and wounding society so that a healing, or move towards wholeness, can occur"--Page 4 of cover.

Eros Revisited
Eros Revisited

Author: Isaac B. Rosler

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9780739122020

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Eros Revisited rethinks the desire for the other through philosophical, poetical, and psychological inquiry. Dr. Isaac B. Rosler draws from the works of Plato, Butler, and Derrida to explore the unreadability of Eros's enigma and the desire to address its mystery through assertive and noncontradictory discourse, resulting in the modern objectification of Eros into defined sexual orientations. With the rise of the concept of the Freudian ego, Eros is heterosexualized and the indeterminate love for the other falls into oblivion. In an attempt to revisit Eros as a metaphysical enigma, Dr. Rosler demonstrates the necessity of turning toward the mythical grounds of the desiring-ego and the roots of philosophical dialectic thinking. This book turns toward the withdrawing enigma of Eros toward the most radical aspect of friendship and love. Eros Revisited offers an examination of the oblivious metaphysical remains of Eros and will appeal to those interested in cultural studies and literary theory.

Plato’s Styles and Characters
Plato’s Styles and Characters

Author: Gabriele Cornelli

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2015-11-27

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 3110445603

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The significance of Plato’s literary style to the content of his ideas is perhaps one of the central problems in the study of Plato and Ancient Philosophy as a whole. As Samuel Scolnicov points out in this collection, many other philosophers have employed literary techniques to express their ideas, just as many literary authors have exemplified philosophical ideas in their narratives, but for no other philosopher does the mode of expression play such a vital role in their thought as it does for Plato. And yet, even after two thousand years there is still no consensus about why Plato expresses his ideas in this distinctive style. Selected from the first Latin American Area meeting of the International Plato Society (www.platosociety.org) in Brazil in 2012, the following collection of essays presents some of the most recent scholarship from around the world on the wide range of issues related to Plato’s dialogue form. The essays can be divided into three categories. The first addresses general questions concerning Plato’s literary style. The second concerns the relation of his style to other genres and traditions in Ancient Greece. And the third examines Plato’s characters and his purpose in using them.