Article
“Pleasure and Joy in the Work”: Using Simone Weil in the Classroom
Philosophical Investigations
(2019)
Abstract
Richard Rorty once wrote that inspired teaching “is the result of an encounter with an author, character, plot, stanza, line or archaic torso which has made a difference to the [teacher’s] conception of who she is, what she is good for, what she wants to do with herself: an encounter which has rearranged her priorities and purposes.” In a teaching career more than three decades long, no author has influenced me more profoundly as a teacher and as a human being than Simone Weil. She has changed how I think about myself, my relationships, the world around me and ultimately about what transcends me. And this could not help but change how I am in the classroom. This essay is a reflection on how Simone Weil has changed my life, both in and out of the classroom.
Disciplines
Publication Date
December 9, 2019
DOI
10.1111/phin.12256
Citation Information
Vance G Morgan. "“Pleasure and Joy in the Work”: Using Simone Weil in the Classroom" Philosophical Investigations Vol. 43 Iss. 1-2 (2019) p. 8 - 18 ISSN: 0190-0536 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/vance-morgan/70/