Revisiting the Foundations of Liberation Education: Paulo Freire’s legacy.

Abstract

This essay examines, critiques, and extends the ontological, epistemological, ethical, and political foundations of Paulo Freire’s theoryof liberation education; it also situates Freire’s legacy with in the global applicationof his ideas in a wide range of educational contexts. It defends historicity and praxis as essential characteristics of human existence, exposes the problems with notions of authentic identities, and elaborates a historicized understanding of knowledge production. The essay argues for liberation education to be grounded in an ethics without righteousness coupled with a politics of militant nonviolence.

Keywords

• Freire. Educação Libertadora. Ética. Ontologia. Epistemologia. Filosofia da Educação