On Paulo Freire's Philosophy of Praxis and the Foundations of Liberation Education

This essay examines the ontological and epistemological foundations of Paulo Freire's philosophy of praxis and critiques the structure of his argument. It outlines a more consistent historicist interpretation of liberation education that retains the liberatory power of modernism and its critiqu...

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Published in:Educational researcher 2001-03, Vol.30 (2), p.15-25
Main Author: Glass, Ronald David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic freedom
Critical Pedagogy
Cultural history
Democracy
Elementary Secondary Education
Ethical epistemology
Ethical Instruction
Foundations of Education
Freire (Paulo)
Higher Education
Human existence
Humans
Identity theory
Moral Values
Morality
Oppression
Pedagogy
Political ethics
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Summary:This essay examines the ontological and epistemological foundations of Paulo Freire's philosophy of praxis and critiques the structure of his argument. It outlines a more consistent historicist interpretation of liberation education that retains the liberatory power of modernism and its critique of dehumanization, recognizes the malleability and contradictions of identity, embraces epistemic uncertainties and the varieties of reason in knowledge, and respects the plural conceptions of the good which can shape moral and political life. Finally, the essay argues that this understanding of liberation education requires an ethics grounded in militant nonviolence.
ISSN:0013-189X
1935-102X
DOI:10.3102/0013189X030002015