Deleuze and Lifelong Learning

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction: Deleuze and Lifelong Learning

   1. Introduction: Deleuze and Lifelong Learning

      • Christian Beighton

      Pages 1-7

3. Lifelong Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Logics of Lifelong Learning

      • Christian Beighton

      Pages 11-18

   3. Creativity

      • Christian Beighton

      Pages 19-34

4. Events

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35

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   2. Making a Difference

      • Christian Beighton

      Pages 37-55

   3. Creation at Work

      • Christian Beighton

      Pages 56-86

5. Ethics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. An Ethics of Creativity for Lifelong Learning

      • Christian Beighton

      Pages 89-105

   3. Professionalism and Practice

      • Christian Beighton

      Pages 106-116

   4. Improvising in Research

      • Christian Beighton

      Pages 117-125

   5. Taking Chances in Pedagogy

      • Christian Beighton

      Pages 126-136

   6. Errors and Learning

      • Christian Beighton

      Pages 137-145

   7. Lifelong Learning between Practice and Ethics

      • Christian Beighton

      Pages 146-151

   8. Conclusion: Counter-actualization

      • Christian Beighton

      Pages 152-159

6. Back Matter

   Pages 160-191

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This book examines Gilles Deleuze's ideas about creativity in the context of lifelong learning, offering an original take on this important contemporary topic using cinematic parallels. Discussing Deleuze's difficult notion of 'counter-actualization' as a form of creative practice, it draws practical consequences for those across a diverse sector.

• Deleuze
• Antonioni
• creativity
• lifelong learning
• ethics
• cinema
• education
• learning
• body
• Gilles Deleuze
• health
• morality

“In his book Deleuze and Lifelong Learning, originally a PhD thesis completed at Canterbury Christ Church University, Christian Beighton attempts to offer an ethics of practice. … The book should provide a reference for those interested in a unique or critical lens to reflect on creativity and lifelong learning development. … reading the text chapter by chapter may provide a sense of the inner logic and essence of the author’s thought.” (Yahui Su, Adult Education Quarterly, Vol. 67 (1), February, 2017)

• Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

  Christian Beighton

Christian Beighton is Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK and a teacher educator with research interests in creativity and professional learning. His work examines the ethical and practical impact of ideas from continental philosophy in, drawing on experience in several countries and a wide variety of professional roles in Higher, Further, Adult and Continuing Education.

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