Cultural Action for Freedom
Cultural Action for Freedom
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Cultural Action for Freedom by Paulo Freire
In this volume, we have chosen to highlight the importance of education to human rights by reprinting two articles written by Paulo Freire (1921-1997) in 1970 for the Harvard Educational Review. These articles contain many of Freire's original ideas on human rights and education--issues that are central to his work. Freire was a pioneer in promoting the universal right to education and literacy as part of a commitment to people's struggle against oppression. As Jerome Bruner recognized after Freire's death in May 1997, Freire left as a legacy his commitment to basic human rights: He was a brave man as well as a far-sighted one. He made us aware of our mindless cruelties, and now the challenge to all of us is to do something about those cruelties. (e-mail communication to CREA Research Center, University of Barcelona, May 1997.) By Paulo Freire, with an introduction by Marta Soler-Gallart and Bárbara M. Brizuela
Paulo Freire (1921-1997) was a world-renowned Brazilian education scholar. Perhaps the most influential thinker about education in the late twentieth century, Freire has been particularly popular with informal educators with his emphasis on dialogue and his concern for the oppressed. His legacy of commitment, love and hope to American educators can be found in the critical pedagogy which infuses hundreds of grass roots organizations, college classrooms, and most recently school reform efforts in major urban areas. Freire was a prolific writer and author of many books. His most important work was Pedagogy of the Oppressed in which he describes the oppressive mechanisms of a capitalist education.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780140803327 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140803327 |
| Title | Cultural Action for Freedom |
| Author | Paulo Freire |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin |
| Year published | 1974-04-25 |
| Number of pages | 91 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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