revolutionary pedagogy

Education, philosophy of education, classic, social change, critical pedagogy, hegemony, Marxist analysis, liberation theology, peasants, Chile, emancipation, social justice

This is not compulsively readable but still full of such important ideas it's hard to put down. There are so many ways to oppress and to be oppressed, and even in trying to help those you see as oppressed you may be contributing to their oppression. It's impact over intent. Oppressors cannot be fully human while trying to revoke the humanity of another. I think this would be a good book to come back to regularly. ( )

I stand with the overall message: indoctrinated education that focuses on creating docile wage laborers is not good for us, and we gain (some of our) freedom through what the author refers to as 'problem-posing education', i.e. dialogue, participatory action research rather than passively absorbing information. But, I do think the value proposition is flawed, as it should be centered around how such education can be directed to amassing social utility and creating a system that disables social inequality, rather than achieving an arbitrary individual freedom. It's nonetheless understandable when recognizing the climate at the time of this writing. ( )

A much needed book in this troubled world. ( )