Essays in the Phenomenology of Learning

<p>This book explores the phenomenology of learning with particular focus on the ‘closeness’ or ‘proximity’ of the knowledge that impacts on learners young and old.</p><p>Studying the power of learning to transform human beings this book offers an in-depth discussion of how different phenomenologists understand this ‘proximate’ power. It draws on ideas of encounter from Husserl care from Heidegger bodily learning from Merleau-Ponty language from Foucault omnipotence from Winnicott and recognition from Honneth. The book examines how phenomenological insight can explain the character of radical learning.</p><p>The book will appeal to academics and post-graduate students in the fields of philosophy of education educational psychology teaching and learning.</p>