“Skam” (shame) as Ethical–Political Education
I here explore the educational potential of cinema and TV-series through the eyes of the French philosopher Alain Badiou. To illustrate, I read the Norwegian web-based TV-series Skam (shame), which reached out to millions of Nordic teens by a broad distribution, easy access and speaking a language y...
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Published in | Studies in philosophy and education Vol. 40; no. 5; pp. 461 - 475 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English Norwegian |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
01.09.2021
Springer Springer Nature B.V |
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Summary: | I here explore the educational potential of cinema and TV-series through the eyes of the French philosopher Alain Badiou. To illustrate, I read the Norwegian web-based TV-series
Skam
(shame), which reached out to millions of Nordic teens by a broad distribution, easy access and speaking a language young people could relate to. The series portrays the many faces and ambiguities of shame and shaming embedded in Nordic youth culture. In bringing the question of the pedagogy of cinema and TV-series to the forefront, I here read
Skam
on three analytical levels. First, to explore the TV-series capability to captivate the viewers through a doubling of the real. Second, to examine Badiou’s idea of cinema as an ontological art, revolving around the question of the relationship between being and appearing. Third, I read
Skam
analytically, to consider Badiou’s claim that cinema is a democratic emblem. In sum, what may be the series’ potential for shaping the viewers’ ethical–political awareness? |
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ISSN: | 0039-3746 1573-191X |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11217-021-09784-7 |