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1 online resource (xxi, 257 pages) |
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Cover; Contents; Prologue: The Fruit of Freire's Roots; Acknowledgments; Copyright; Title; Introduction: Paulo Freire's Pedagogy: Not Mainly a Teaching Method; Paulo Freire; Marx, Fromm, and Sartre; References; 1 Contradiction, Consciousness, and Generativity: Hegel's Roots in Freire's Work; Hegel's legacy; How Hegel transcended the problems of philosophy; Spirit and activity; The cell form; The situation and contradiction; Immanent critique; Masters, servants, and mediation; Interactions, movements, and mediation; Hegel and education; References; 2 Freire and Marx in Dialogue |
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4 Rethinking Freire's "oppressed": A "Southern" Route to Habermas's Communicative Turn and Theory of Deliberative DemocracyCompeting strategies for resisting the domestication of Freire; The Freire-Habermas convergence and Freire's intellectual development; Radical historicism; The southern route: The oppressed; The revolutionary Marxist moment and the missing fifth chapter; Freire's postfoundationalist and democratic (re)turn; References; 5 Freire, Buber, and Care Ethics on Dialogue in Teaching; Freire; Buber; Care ethics; References |
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6 Converging Self/Other Awareness: Erich Fromm and Paulo Freire on Transcending the Fear of FreedomHistorical encounters between Freire and Fromm; Origins of the fear of freedom in Fromm and Freire's work; Inward and outward freedom; Finding convergence in Freire and Fromm; Necrophilia and the fear of freedom; Biophilia and inward freedom; Freedom is in being, not having; Notes; References; 7 Liberation Theology and Paulo Freire: On the Side of the Poor; Introduction of contrast; Personal retrospective of the social gospel; Liberation Theology- The presence of the absent |
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Basic tenets of liberation theologyTraces of liberation theology in the work of Paulo Freire; Freire's intellectual roots; References; 8 Living with/in the Tensions Freire's Praxis in a High-Stakes World; A call for praxis: Grinding the gears of instrumental rationality; Praxis and the scholar-practitioner tension; Freire's praxis of "uncompleteness"; "Doing" praxis: Dialoguing with Freire in Recife; First account: Contradictions in practice; Second account: Praxis in the workplace; Living within the tensions of praxis; References; 9 Paulo Freire's Concept of Conscientização; Introduction |
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Freire and Marx: Influence, divergence, and evolution of thoughtFreire and Marx in relationship: History as a conversation; The setting: N.E. Where University; Knowledge for sale in the Neoliberal university; On transformation through education; On religion and false generosity; On history, consciousness and language; On the use of force for revolution; Evolutionary advancement through dialogue and love; On hope for the future; References; 3 The Gramscian Influence; Gramsci on education and politics; Gramsci and Freire; Conclusion; References |
| Summary |
Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy has had a profound influence on contemporary progressive educators around the globe as they endeavor to rethink education for liberation and the creation of more humane global society. For Freire, maintaining a sense of historicity, that is, the origins from which our thinking and practice emerges, is essential to understanding and practicing education as a means for liberation. Too often, however, critical pedagogy is presented as a monolithic philosophy, and the historical and intellectual roots of critical pedagogy are submerged. Through a compilation of ess |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Freire, Paulo
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Critical pedagogy.
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| Genre/Form |
Libros electronicos
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kress, Tricia M.
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Lake, Robert, 1951-
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| ISBN |
1441113800 (electronic bk.) |
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9781441113801 (electronic bk.) |
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