Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

"Pedagogy of the Oppressed meets the single criterion of a 'classic': its impact has transcended the era of its original publication and outlived its author. For any educator who connects education with social change, this is a must-read book. Freire remains the most important writer in the field of popular education and is undoubtedly the invisible founder of the critical pedagogy perspective." -- Stanley Aronowitz, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Urban Education, Graduate Center of the City University of New York

 

First published in Portuguese in 1968 and then in English in 1970, Paulo Freire's book has helped empower countless people around the world and has taken on a particularly urgent significance today due to the emergence of a permanent underclass among the poor and marginalized populations in cities worldwide.

 

This 50th-anniversary edition of Pedagogy of the Oppressed includes an introduction by Donaldo Macedo and an afterword by Ira Shor, as well as interviews with contemporary scholars, to inspire new generations of educators, students, and general readers for years to come.