What is highly significant from an educational perspective is that, in Arendt’s view, this “meaningfulness” comes into play only in the dimension of “togetherness.” There is no room for something like “a private meaning.” According to Arendt, meaningfulness may rise only when human beings are considered “in the plural.” Only by talking, moving, and acting in a shared space may we experience meaningfulness.
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Fear, Angst, and the “Startling Unexpected”. Three Figures of Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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