Paulo Freire and Social Movements: An Analysis of the Brazilian Scenario

Abstract

This paper presents the thought of Paulo Freire as a perspective of analysis and reflection on the social movement in Brazilian society. It is action and object of this reflection to contribute to the task of reinventing the critical pedagogy in the construction of social movements. This is a qualitative research that is divided into two stages: the first is dedicated to presenting the theoretical framework, and then an analysis of Brazilian social movements, exposing the origin of the struggles and advanced to the most recent discussions that have undertaken the Brazil in search of freedom and justice in the recovery of stolen humanity. An incessant struggle that calls for Liberation Pedagogy developed by Freire, key tool in awareness process, and thus the constitution of social movements.

Keywords

• Paulo Freire
• movimentos sociais
• pedagogia libertadora
• sujeito histórico
• consciência crítica