"But What's the Use? They Don't Wear Breeches!": Montaigne and the Pedagogy of Humor

Autor/in	Basu, Sammy
Titel	"But What's the Use? They Don't Wear Breeches!": Montaigne and the Pedagogy of Humor
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 46 (2014) 2, S.187-199 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2012.721730
Schlagwörter	Philosophy; Teaching Methods; Humor; Educational Innovation; Transformative Learning; Comparative Analysis; Social Cognition; Liberal Arts; Acculturation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Philosophie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Humoristische Darstellung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Pädagogische Transformation; Soziale Kognition; Akkulturation
Abstract	By virtue of his "Essays" Montaigne is rightly regarded not only as a radically modern philosopher but also as a transformative educational innovator. He confronted the extent to which pedantry and acculturation can justify cruelty by developing a conception of liberal arts education as the arts of liberation, and at the core of this education he placed the practice of essaying. This article argues that in easing us into essaying practices Montaigne qua educator makes reflexive use of three specific modes of didactic humor: incongruous comparison, subversive superiority, and leveling embodiment. Humor thus emerges as a cognitive disposition and communicative mode especially appropriate to the pedagogical engagement with difference today. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10