In|difference

This final chapter is the second part of my proposal for a pedagogy of in|difference. I start with a second generalization (building on the first generalization in the previous chapter) that addresses the limitation imposed by quantum realism, that is, the impossibility for a complete ontological, epistemological, and rational understanding of the world-for-itself, the cosmic forces of nature. The animism of uncontrollable life requires the acceptance of creative destruction. Posthumanist animacy is addressed in this sense, and I return to anorganic life and its consequences for education. The world-for-itself becomes the ethico-onto-epistemological problematic addressed by Deleuze and Guattari. I review all the nuances of in|difference in complex system and return to some of the issues raised previously regarding quantum theory. Of interest also are both Nietzsche and Schelling on Nature, which are reviewed and related to pedagogy. I distinguish between a ‘virtual Real’ (zoë, Deleuze’s ‘dark precursor,’ A Life) and the ‘radical Real’ of in|difference (pure immanence). The shift is then to problematize non|life and passive vitalism, which lead to further problematization of life|death. I end with a section of destructive creativity subtitled ‘how the earth “thinks.”’ This leads to a paideia of in|difference.