Foreword, Antonia Darder Acknowledgments A Note on the English Translation, Jason Wozniak, Samuel D. Rocha and Walter Omar Kohan Introduction: Beginnings and Senses of a Reading 1. Life 2. Equality 3. Love 4. Errantry 5. Childhood Epilogue Appendix References
Tells the story of the life and work of the renowned educational thinker, and founder of the critical pedagogy movement, Paulo Freire.
Walter Omar Kohan is Full Professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil. He is Past President of the International Council of Philosophical Inquiry with Children (ICPIC) and has authored or edited more than 50 books. His publications in English include Philosophy and Childhood (2014), The Inventive Schoolmaster (2015) and Childhood, Education and Philosophy (2015).
Kohan has succeeded in the task of presenting very original ideas
about the often taken-for-granted Freirean repertoire ... [He]
concludes his book with examples and practical suggestions for
experimenting with his five Freirean philosophical principles that
every educator with enough courage to re-invent their pedagogical
model could implement.
*International Review of Education*
This is not another book about Freire, but a thoughtful thinking
from and with Paulo’s intensely lived
philosophy-as-education-as-life in which uncertainties -not
certainty-, and the political-pedagogical imperatives of
questioning and humanity reigned. Necessary reading, without a
doubt, for these present times.
*Catherine E. Walsh, Distinguished Professor in Latin American
Cultural Studies, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador*
Offers a fresh an innovative analysis of key postulates in Freire's
work, such as Love or Equality, central components of the
emancipation logic in Freire's epistemology. Relating them to
gnoseological educative principles, this book traces some of
Freire's philosophical propaedeutical roots and underscores his
relevance today. A tour de force, philosophically confronting how
the shadow of dominant educational neoliberal regimes, such as
testing and accountability or the logic of possessive individualism
as the main aim of education, have failed to emancipate individuals
and societies, while also undermining the foundations of the
scientific humanism represented in Freire's oeuvre.
*Carlos Alberto Torres, Distinguished Professor of Education,
UNESCO Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education,
and Director of the Paulo Freire Institute at the University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA*
I cannot think of a better book to assist the many educators and
scholars seeking inspiration to create pedagogies of freedom. Kohan
generously presents paths to move beyond simplistic readings of
ineffective, yet, radical-sounding educational models, while
beautifully providing a bold and much needed 're-invention' of
Freire’s ideas.
*Gustavo E. Fischman, Professor of Comparative and International
Education, Arizona State University, USA*
A major contribution to the voluminous literature on Freire, a
magisterial chronicle of Kohan's profound and extensive encounter
with life, work and ideas of the 'great educator from Pernumbuco.'
It is a work that promises to resonate with readers for years to
come.
*David Kennedy, Professor of Educational Foundations, Montclair
State University, USA*
Paulo Freire: A Philosophical Biography is a necessary read. The
writing approach is accessible, graced with passion, conviction,
wisdom, and a humble intellect.
*Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies*
Original and imaginative in the way the discussion around Freire's
own ideas are organised thematically ... [A] compelling and lucid
book, a fitting monument to Freire on his birth centenary year.
*Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies*
A sincere work, filled with love and admiration for the greatest
educator of our time.
*Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies*
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