Critical Pedagogy: Where Are We Now?

«‘Critical Pedagogy: Where Are We Now?’ is, without a doubt, an impressive volume given the daring challenge of its contributing authors to the perverse reality of the world that mines the ontological directions of men and of women – a perversity shaped by the neoliberal thinking and the globalization of the economy. Each of the authors in this volume write from different perspectives as they follow closely or recreate the critical pedagogy proposed by Paulo Freire. The contributors courageously denounce the condemnation to a life of hopelessness that has been ruining peoples and nations – a hopelessness that negates the concretization of a possible utopia of a better and more just world – a hopelessness that destroys without clemency or compassion the greatest riches of human existence leading them to question: where are we now? Like Paulo Freire, they propose that we recapture and safeguard the greatest patrimony that justifies and gives meaning to life itself: our humanity.» (Ana Maria Araújo Freire)
«‘Critical Pedagogy: Where Are We Now?’ is, without a doubt, an impressive volume given the daring challenge of its contributing authors to the perverse reality of the world that mines the ontological directions of men and of women – a perversity shaped by the neoliberal thinking and the globalization of the economy. Each of the authors in this volume write from different perspectives as they follow closely or recreate the critical pedagogy proposed by Paulo Freire. The contributors courageously denounce the condemnation to a life of hopelessness that has been ruining peoples and nations – a hopelessness that negates the concretization of a possible utopia of a better and more just world – a hopelessness that destroys without clemency or compassion the greatest riches of human existence leading them to question: where are we now? Like Paulo Freire, they propose that we recapture and safeguard the greatest patrimony that justifies and gives meaning to life itself: our humanity.» (Ana Maria Araújo Freire)

The Editors: Peter McLaren, a professor at UCLA, is one of the earliest proponents of critical pedagogy. His publications, research, and teaching focus on critical theory, post-colonialism, critical pedagogy, and cultural studies. Joe L. Kincheloe is the Canada Research Chair at McGill University and the founder of The Paulo and Nita Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy. He is the author of many books on cultural studies, critical pedagogy, and cognition.