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

• VerfasserIn: Stark, Herman,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : BRILL,, 2003.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Value Inquiry Book Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 146 pages).

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.

Table of 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.