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cmba2024's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
dom_jones's review against another edition
5.0
“You never get there by starting from there, you get there by starting from some here”
I have no idea why I read this before Friere’s briefer and more influential and punchy Pedagogy of the Oppressed, but here we are. This sequel, addressing shortfalls of Friere’s seminal POTO was actually really enjoyable, with enough wisdom to get its own google keep note with some key sections.
I almost felt like playing Paulo Friere bingo in this one though due to the sheer amount of times the author mentions POTO’s global translation, but to be fair I don’t blame him.
Ultimately, the book is a powerful call against “liberation fatalism”, and an example of the genuine liberation-ary power education holds.
I have no idea why I read this before Friere’s briefer and more influential and punchy Pedagogy of the Oppressed, but here we are. This sequel, addressing shortfalls of Friere’s seminal POTO was actually really enjoyable, with enough wisdom to get its own google keep note with some key sections.
I almost felt like playing Paulo Friere bingo in this one though due to the sheer amount of times the author mentions POTO’s global translation, but to be fair I don’t blame him.
Ultimately, the book is a powerful call against “liberation fatalism”, and an example of the genuine liberation-ary power education holds.
micadat's review against another edition
4.0
O que significa re-encontrar-se com a Pedagogia do Oprimido? Neste livro Paulo Freire conta algumas histórias de como surgiu o interesse por educação. O que pautou a decisão final de virar educador em vez de advogado, cobrando dividas de um pobre dentista. Conta um momento decisivo em que mais uma vez depois de discursar ele é recebido com silêncio pelos trabalhadores: não aconteceu a conexão ou o dialogo, só se tentou a "aula expositiva". Como ele foi à Alemanha Oriental Socialista e professores de lá disseram que a Pedagogia do Oprimido era importante em outros lugares mas não ali: "Aqui sabemos o que eles tem que saber", numa arrogância desconectada dos alunos jovens.
E em tudo como não se trata por querer a presença indócil dos alunos que se preza por licenciosidade ou espontaneísmo: há como ter autoridade e disciplina sem cair no autoritarismo.
E em tudo como não se trata por querer a presença indócil dos alunos que se preza por licenciosidade ou espontaneísmo: há como ter autoridade e disciplina sem cair no autoritarismo.
shad_reads's review against another edition
3.0
It reads like an old accomplished man looking back on his interesting life and recounting anecdote after anecdote. To be fair, most of the anecdotes are pretty interesting because Freire has led a pretty unique life - he corresponds with leftist activists who sometimes go on to be presidents etc. So definitely, I'd say the text is peppered with very historical conversations. Nevertheless, it's pretty disorganised, and a point can lead to a story, which leads to another story, and after a while the original point is forgotten. I did think that the conversational language was far more approachable than Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Also, a lot of the abstract ideas and concepts he introduces in Oppressed he has more examples for in Hope, mostly because people who read Oppressed were inspired to start projects and wrote to him with the outcomes. It's interesting to see him acknowledge his position change on some issues (feminism), but not others (I don't understand how he doesn't agree that racism can exist separate from a class-based analysis. He acknowledges that they are related, but cannot envision racism without a class element.)
All in all, I'm glad I read it, but can't imagine how I'd be referring to it anytime soon. If it does miraculously pop up in conversation, I will be sure to edit this after.
All in all, I'm glad I read it, but can't imagine how I'd be referring to it anytime soon. If it does miraculously pop up in conversation, I will be sure to edit this after.
nex3's review against another edition
5.0
this is maybe the most important non-fiction book I've ever read
srsmn's review against another edition
5.0
can't wait to tell the fellas in my peasant reading circle about this one!
rubyclaire's review against another edition
4.0
Great book. Would have appreciated more examples of these theories in action.
arianavandyck's review against another edition
5.0
Re-read this as a reminder that Freire's work is so important to me. Pedagogy of the Oppressed is a book that has influenced my understanding of dialogical education and what liberation means in material terms. I found that reading this a second time allowed me to internalize more of his writing, especially pieces on what material solidarity looks like. I'll probably keep re-reading this. Next on my list is bell hooks' Teaching to Transgress, which details education as a practice of freedom and draws from Freire's work in this book.