1st Edition
The Politics of Liberation Paths from Freire
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 2004. This work explores various forms of oppression that plague contemporary society. Through the analyses and reflections of theorists and social activists - including Paulo Freire himself - Politics of Liberation brings together, under a common project of human liberation, critical voices from around the globe: Mexico, Guatemala, Britain, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Australia,... Read more
Introduction 1 Freire and a feminist pedagogy of difference 2 Critical thought and moral imagination: peace education in Freirean perspective 3 Conscientization and political literacy: a British encounter with Paulo Freire 4 Toward liberatory mathematics: Paulo Freire’s epistemology and ethnomathematics 5 Twenty years after Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Paulo Freire in conversation with Carlos Alberto Torres 6 Conscientization and social movements in Canada: the relevance of Paulo Freire’s ideas in contemporary politics 7 Freire—present and future possibilities 8 Critical literacy, feminism, and a politics of representation 9 Politics, praxis and the personal: an Argentine assessment 10 Education and hermeneutics: a Freirean interpretation 11 Postmodernism and the death of politics: a Brazilian reprieve; Afterword
Biography
Peter L. McLaren is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education, University of California at Los Angeles. Colin Lankshear is Associate Professor in the School of Language and Literacy Education, and Director of Literacy Studies Education, Queensland University of Technology.
`The contributors in McLaren and Lankshear's volume show deep respect for Freire's achievements, but do not lapse into a romantic of uncritical endorsement of his views. ... This volume is an excellent 'handbook' for adult educators everywhere who want to involve themselves and their students actively in both the theory and the practical possibilities of liberatory education in New Times.' - Critical Forum
