Paulo Freire in the 21st Century: Education, Dialogue and Transformation

by Roberts,Peter

• ISBN13: 9781594516801
• ISBN10: 1594516804
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-12-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The book explores the implications of Freirean theory for educational practice and shows how Freire can be helpful in bridging different genres and traditions. It addresses a number of themes, questions, and issues that have received relatively little attention to date, including Freire's conception of the critical intellectual, Freire and the problem of defining literacy, and the possibility of a Freirean response to debates over political correctness. Roberts also puts Freire's ideas into conversation with writers seldom considered by other Freirean scholars: Israel Scheffler, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Hermann Hesse, among others. This book makes a distinctive contribution to the international literature on Freire's work.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Pedagogy, Politics, and Intellectual Life: Freire in the Twenty-First Century	p. 13
Reason and Emotion in Freire's Work	p. 31
Freire and the Problem of Defining Literacy	p. 51
Freire and Political Correctness	p. 65
Critical Literacy, Breadth of Perspective, and the University Curriculum: A Freirean Perspective	p. 83
Freire and Dostoevsky: Uncertainty, Dialogue, and Transformation	p. 105
Conscientization in Castalia: A Freirean Reading of Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game	p. 121
Bridging East and West: Freire and the Tao Te Ching	p. 141
References	p. 161
Index	p. 179
Credits	p. 189
About the Author	p. 191
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