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A groundbreaking text of educational philosophy and social reform, now in Penguin Modern Classics.

About the Author

Paulo Freire (1921-1997) was a revolutionary Brazilian educational theorist. Heavily influenced by Hegel as well as Marxist and anti-colonialist thinkers, Freire promoted the liberation of the working classes through a cooperative teacher-student educative model.

Reviews

A transformative text
*George Monbiot*

Truly revolutionary
*Ivan Illich*

Brilliant methodology of a highly charged and politically provocative character
*Jonathan Kozol*