A review by sabotaje
Teachers as Cultural Workers: Letters to Those Who Dare Teach by Paulo Freire

4.0

I am probably being unfair in my rating as I am inevitably comparing this book with Pedagogy of the Oppressed, which is much more focused. Nevertheless this is a great and inspiring book. Reading Freire’s letters I sense that he was an proponent of intersectionality theory and practice, before we even started using the term. I also enjoyed reading a Paulo Freire that was decades older than Paulo Freire of the late 60s, as his growth as a Marxist who perhaps distanced himself from the more authoritarian and rigid side of such ideology is very much evident. A proponent of liberation theory, Freire was, as is clear when reading his letters, first and foremost and educator, a free thinker, and an anti-authoritarian. His thoughts on education can be translated to our own learning processes, to leadership, and to our day to day lives.