Paulo Freire and the Crisis of the Political

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ID12928773
AuthorsH A Giroux (0000-0003-1637-9142, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume2
Issue3
Pages335-340
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePower and Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1757-7438 • E-ISSN: 1757-7438
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2304/power.2010.2.3.335
OpenAlexW2332146985
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Forty years after its first translation into English, Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed remains one of the most important educational books of the twentieth century and its significance for the twenty-first century is highlighted by the continuing attacks on public education from neo-liberals and conservatives. Freire's critical pedagogy offers young people the opportunity to acquire and assert a sense of their rights and responsibilities in a democratic society that recognizes the common good over the corporate good. This article offers an overview of Freire's pedagogy and a personal testament to his capacity for theoretical rigor, moral courage and friendship

Courage · Critical consciousness · Critical pedagogy · Critical theory · Democracy · Democratic Education · Environmental ethics · Friendship · Higher education · Pedagogy · Philosophy of education · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Law · Philosophy

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