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gilnean's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Racism and Violence
Minor: Alcoholism, Sexism, Trafficking, War, Death, Xenophobia, Rape, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Slavery, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Confinement, and Pedophilia
brnineworms's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Pedagogy of the Oppressed is dense, but there are some really solid ideas in there. Definitely worth a read. I’ll be reflecting on Freire’s arguments for a while, I think, to fully process and internalise them.
I admire the unconditional empathy demonstrated throughout the book. Freire points out that though the oppressed obviously suffer the worst effects of oppression, it also impacts the oppressors in negative ways. He also stresses the importance of sincerity, respect, and trust, promoting a dialogical approach to revolutionary praxis. We should work with our peers, not impose our will onto others. We should be striving to liberate all people, not to enact revenge and to become oppressors ourselves.
The whole text is critical yet kind and full of hope.
“In order for the oppressed to be able to wage the struggle for their liberation, they must perceive the reality of oppression not as a closed world from which there is no exit, but as a limiting situation which they can transform.”
“At the point of encounter there are neither utter ignoramuses nor perfect sages; there are only people who are attempting, together, to learn more than they now know.”
“As long as I fight, I am moved by hope; and if I fight with hope, then I can wait.”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
Minor: Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, and Slavery
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