ABSTRACT

This essay reconceptualizes fanaticism as an activity that does not rely on the condemnation of ‘fanatical’ acts as a priori ‘irrational.’ Rather, it theorizes fanaticism as a method of ethical and political critique against a regime of representation. It also argues that it is crucial to understand fanaticism through an approach that does not set up a dichotomy between affect and reason, disavowing the ‘irrational’ behavior of fanatics. Drawing on affect theory and particularly the entanglement of feeling-thinking, this paper emphasizes that fanaticism is better understood within a framework that takes seriously the role of affects. Such a conceptual framework has important pedagogical implications for how to address fanaticism in education. This essay suggests that it is crucial to invent pedagogical strategies that are rooted in a reconceptualized notion of fanaticism that pays attention to its ethical, political and affective dimensions.

摘要

本文将狂热重新概念化为一种活动，它不依赖于对“狂热”行为的谴责作为先验“不合理。” 相反，它将狂热理论化为一种对代表制度进行伦理和政治批评的方法。它还认为，通过一种不会在情感和理性之间建立二分法、否认狂热者的“非理性”行为的方法来理解狂热主义是至关重要的。本文借鉴情感理论，特别是情感思维的纠缠，强调在认真对待情感作用的框架内更好地理解狂热。这样一个概念框架对于如何解决教育中的狂热具有重要的教学意义。本文表明，至关重要的是要发明根植于重新概念化的狂热主义概念的教学策略，该概念关注其伦理、政治和情感维度。