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Freire and Critical Theorists

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Freire and Critical Theorists
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Crystal Green
SeriesFreire in Focus
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:136
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9781350333710
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
NZ Release Date 13 July 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book draws connections between Paulo Freire and some of the most influential critical scholars of the 20th century. Each chapter pairs Freire with one of eleven critical scholars, giving a biographical summary and expanding the shared themes in their work. The critical theorists covered are: Mikhail Bakhtin, Pierre Bourdieu, Enrique Dussel, Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault, Nancy Fraser, Erich Fromm, Antonio Gramsci, Jurgen Habermas, bell hooks and Iris Young. The book takes up Freire's invitation to use his perspective as a lens into different contexts and offers an expanded look at Freire's contribution to critical theory. While introducing the connections between Freire and other critical scholars the book reveals the importance of Freire's work to political sociology, critical race theory, decolonial theory, feminist theories and critical linguistics.

Author Biography

Crystal Green completed postdoctoral research at the University of California Los Angeles, USA. She is currently Visiting Researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland in the AGORA Research Centre for the Study of Social Justice and Equality in Education.

Reviews

A book containing Paulo Freire's primary educational thoughts about dialogue invariably provides renewed insights into his epistemological-cum-political proffering. By connecting Freirean educational praxis to the seminal thoughts of prominent critical educational theorists, this book opens a reflexive and dyadic pathway through which Freire's understandings of educational and deliberative engagement can be reimagined. * Yusef Waghid, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Education, Stellenbosch University, South Africa *