The Liberating Pedagogy of Paulo Freire: The Pertinence of a Latin American Form of Thought Nowadays

The liberating pedagogy of Paulo Freire, despite its wide dissemination, has not always been fully comprehended. 16 understand this theory in its revolutionary capacity, it is urgent to situate it where and when it was born, in a Latin American country, Brazil, during the 1950s and 1960s. As claimed by the Argentinian philosopher Enrique Dussel, Brazil, like many other countries situated in the "south of the world", has been victim (and subject) of colonization processes which situate themselves on the antipodes of modernity. This article consists of a theoretical reflection that aims to situate the educational thought of Paulo Freire as a quest for liberation, while also seeking to reflect about its contemporary pertinence after 50 years of its first formulation, a pertinence based on the many forms of oppression still operating in the 21st century.