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Quotes from Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) — Paulo Freire

1921–1997 Brazil

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It is not surprising that the banking concept of education regards men as adaptable, manageable beings.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

One of the methods of manipulation is to inoculate individuals with the bourgeois appetite for personal success.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

For people, 'here' signifies not merely a physical space, but also an historical space.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

The culture of the dominant class hinders the affirmation of men as beings of decision.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

They call themselves ignorant and say the 'professor' is the one who has knowledge and to whom they should listen.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

Problem-posing education affirms men and women as beings in the process of becoming.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

The thematics which have come from the people return to them—not as contents to be deposited, but as problems to be solved.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

Scientific and humanist revolutionary leaders, on the other hand, cannot believe in the myth of the ignorance of the people.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

We democratic teachers engage with the world by cultivating curiosity.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

As the oppressor minority subordinates and dominates the majority, it must divide it and keep it divided in order to remain in power.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

The more educators and the people investigate the people's thinking, and are thus jointly educated, the more they continue to investigate.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

In a dynamic, rather than static, view of revolution, there is no absolute 'before' or 'after,' with the taking of power as the dividing line.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

Faith in people is an a priori requirement for dialogue.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

Reflection upon situationality is reflection about the very condition of existence: critical thinking by means which people discover each other to be 'in a situation.'

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

Dehumanization, although a concrete historical fact, is not a given destiny but the result of an unjust order that engenders violence in the oppressors, which in turn dehumanizes the oppressed.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

The oppressors develop a series of methods precluding any presentation of the world as a problem and showing it rather as a fixed entity, as something given—something to which people, as mere spectators, must adapt.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

How can the oppressed, as divided unauthentic beings, participate in the pedagogy of their liberation?

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

The oppressor, who is himself dehumanized because he dehumanizes others, is unable to lead this struggle.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

The oppressors do not favor promoting the community as a whole, but rather selected leaders.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

Certain members of the oppressor class join the oppressed in their struggle for liberation.

Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Paulo Freire (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.