A Lacanian Theory of Curriculum in Higher Education The Unfinished S
This volume presents a distinctively Lacanian psychoanalytic approach to the theorizing, understanding, and critique of curriculum in higher education. In this work, the author presents the main theories of curriculum in the current discourse, develops a
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Fernando M. Murillo
A Lacanian Theory of Curriculum in Higher Education
Fernando M. Murillo
A Lacanian Theory of Curriculum in Higher Education The Unfinished Symptom
Fernando M. Murillo University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
ISBN 978-3-319-99764-3 ISBN 978-3-319-99765-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99765-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018954557 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Melisa Hasan This Palgrave Pivot imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
Every thought, conceived in the flame of intuition, born in the pain of thinking, constitutes a new clearing. Where we find a cluttered or clogged situation, where we find a knotted and tangled mess, where disorder and chaos have choked all life and breathe, there we find a dead and thoughtless place. These moribund places abound in our present age in a way that is not unprecedented in kind, but is surely unique in scale. The sheer scope of the catastrophe is catastrophic. At the turn of the twentieth century, a group of modern shipbuilders using the tools of Romanticism, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Pragmatism, and Psychoanalysis built the first vessels that would sail into what would become modernity’s most violent and absurd chapter. As the saying goes, history’s repetitions come first as tragedy and second as farce. We have seen this saying play out from then to now, a century removed from the first great war. In that sequence, certain aspects stand out. Perhaps no institution has been less aware of this epochal situation—and of its own role in its absurdity—than the modern compulsory school. Surely no academic field has been so
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