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The Thing Never Speaks for Itself: Lacan and the Pedagogical Politics of Clarity

The Thing Never Speaks for Itself: Lacan and the Pedagogical Politics of Clarity

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The Thing Never Speaks for Itself: Lacan and the Pedagogical Politics of Clarity

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The Thing Never Speaks for Itself: Lacan and the Pedagogical Politics of Clarity

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Publisher

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University

Journal title

Harvard educational review, 2000-09, Vol.70 (3), p.347-369

Language

English

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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University

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Contents

Asserts that teaching conceived of as translation of complex material into plain language is actually refusal to teach. Using Lacan's psychoanalytic theory, describes teaching framed by clarity is suspect and exclusionary. States that no text speaks for itself, without context. (Author/SK)

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The Thing Never Speaks for Itself: Lacan and the Pedagogical Politics of Clarity

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_212254781

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_212254781

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ISSN

0017-8055

E-ISSN

1943-5045

DOI

10.17763/haer.70.3.83729226065nxq27

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