Learning-Time in Deleuzian Practice (The Virtual)

Abstract

The previous chapter has introduced an ‘other space’ into the everyday reality of teaching and learning by employing epiphanies. This chapter contrasts and complements this movement by explicating the notion of learning-time. Epiphanies happen in ‘the moment’ and these moments constitute the virtual according to Deleuze (1994a). The notion of learning-time is therefore constructed by closely examining Deleuze’s philosophical thoughts about the virtual, which consists of primarily reworking and recombining Bergson and Nietzsche (Deleuze, 1983, 1991).