Review of the film "Elephant" by Gus Van Sant in light of Hannah Arendt's essay "The crisis in education"

Authors

  • Bianca Vilhena Campinho Pereira

Keywords:

Elephant, Gus Van Sant, Crisis in education, Hannah Arendt

Abstract

In this review I try to explain some aspects of the award-winning film directed by Gus Van Sant. This is a fictional work based on the alarming episode of the Columbine massacre in the late 90s. In order to adress the film, I rely upon Hannah Arendt's essay ‘The crisis in Education’ (1957), written when the author lived in the United States, because the she finds interesting aspects to think about the impasses of an education system affected by the crisis in the contemporary world.

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References

ARENDT, Hannah. Entre o passado e o futuro. São Paulo: Perspectiva, 1999.
PINTO NETO, Moyses. Suzano: a educação na mira dos massacres lumpenradicais. In: Dialogia: Revista do Programa de Mestrado em Gestão e Práticas Educacionais (PROGEPE) da Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, n. 33, p-178-191, set-/dez. 2019. Disponível em: < https://periodicos.uninove.br/index.php?journal=dialogia&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=13790&path%5B%5D=7840>. Acesso em 03/06/2020.

Published

2021-03-16

How to Cite

Vilhena Campinho Pereira, B. (2021). Review of the film "Elephant" by Gus Van Sant in light of Hannah Arendt’s essay "The crisis in education". Estudos De Filosofia E Ensino, 2(1), 186–193. Retrieved from https://revistas.cefet-rj.br/index.php/estudosdefilosofiaeensino/article/view/520

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