This article is a philosophical analysis of escapism as a pedagogical possibility, with a particular focus on TV series. Taking my own, as well as students, experience of escapism into TV series as a starting point, that is, their ability take us somewhere far away, something which has become more acute during the pandemic time since we remain more or less self-isolated because of the corona virus Covid-19, the article discusses escapism in relation to distraction and attention in life as well as within teaching, but also in relation to colportage, hope and social justice. According to Ernst Bloch, social justice cannot materialize without regarding things differently. Something that is often dismissed as mere escapism might be a seed for a new and more humane social order, as it can be seen as an “immature, but honest substitute for revolution” (Bloch 1986, p. 368). Drawing on Bloch’s understanding of colportage and hope, as well as Walter Benjamin’s understanding of mass culture and cinema, the article treats escapism and TV series not as something simple, but rather as possible seeds for a new social order and thus as having pedagogical possibilities (Hållander, 2020).

这篇文章是对逃避现实作为一种教学可能性的哲学分析，特别关注电视连续剧。以我自己和学生的逃避现实的经历为出发点，他们的能力把我们带到了一个很远的地方，这在大流行期间变得更加尖锐，因为我们或多或少地保持了自我隔离由于冠状病毒 Covid-19，本文讨论了与生活和教学中的分心和注意力有关的逃避主义，但也讨论了与印刷品、希望和社会正义有关的问题。恩斯特·布洛赫 (Ernst Bloch) 认为，如果不以不同的方式看待事物，社会正义就无法实现。经常被视为逃避现实的东西可能是一种新的、更人道的社会秩序的种子，因为它可以被视为“不成熟的，但诚实的革命替代品”（Bloch 1986，第 368 页）。借鉴布洛赫对色彩和希望的理解，以及沃尔特·本杰明对大众文化和电影的理解，这篇文章将逃避现实和电视剧视为一种简单的东西，而是一种新社会秩序的可能种子，因此具有教学的可能性（哈兰德，2020 年）。