Teachers and Teaching Time and the Creative Tension
Against the backdrop of a historical debate between science and philosophy with regard to the nature of time, this book argues that our commonsense understanding of time is inadequate—especially for education. Teachers’ work is heavily imbued with the eff
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Teachers and Teaching
Kaustuv Roy
Teachers and Teaching Time and the Creative Tension
Kaustuv Roy Azim Premji University Bengaluru, India
ISBN 978-3-030-24669-3 ISBN 978-3-030-24670-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24670-9 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 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, expressed 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. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
My generation grew up during what might be called the second wind, or even last gasp, of two overarching and magnificent cultural delusions. The first of these was the supposition that an independent cosmic totality was available for human contemplation. The second was that this contemplation would yield the last remaining “secrets” of nature—witness, for example, the twentieth-century race for the ultimate “fundamental” particle, and the efforts to build ever-bigger cyclotrons and atom smashers. I say last gasp because the untenability and contradictions of these assumptions were becoming more and more apparent even during their tenure. Even so, it did not deter the high priests of techne from strenuously maintaining the historically established distinction between mind and matter—subjectivity and objectivity—and the scientific culture from continuing to imagine that an extremely privileged and esoteric group would ultimately be able to get the breakthroughs beyond the human predicament. Funnily enough, the rampant but invisible humanism that gave faith to these beliefs and occupations was contrary to the spirit of the endeavors themselves. But there was another thing that silently supported the cause of scientism and technologism. It was time—the loom
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