Masters and Disciples. Anatomy of a relationship

Abstract

The main purpose of this text is to examine the master-disciple relationship as a relationship inscribed in a particular physical and institutional space that promotes a intellectual, ethical and existencial bond. It is a relationship of filiation in which there is room both for legitimate seduction (even erotic) and declared betrayal: teachers who betray their disciples and disciples who betray their teachers. With the help of evocations that some disciples make of their masters, philosophical reflections and literary references, we will explore the disturbing, enigmatic and mysterious nature of this relationship through the tensions it produces.

Keywords

• maestros y discípulos
• relación educativa
• eros pedagógico
• seducción pedagógica
• aula