Pedagogy of the Heart represents some of the last writings by Paulo
Freire. In this work, perhaps more so than any other, Freire presents a
coherent set of principles for education and politics. For those who
have read Freire's other works the book includes new discussions of
familiar subjects including community, neoliberalism, faith, hope, the
oppressed, and exile. For those coming to Freire for the first time, the
book will open up new ways of looking at the interrelations of education
and political struggle. Freire reveals himself as a radical reformer
whose lifelong commitment to the vulnerable, the illiterate and the
marginalised has had a profound impact on society and education today.
The text includes substantive notes by Ana Maria Araújo Freire, a
foreword by Martin Carnoy, a preface by Ladislau Dowbor, as well as a
substantive new introduction by Antonia Darder, who holds the Leavey
Presidential Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership in the School
of Education at Loyola Marymount University, USA.
Translated by Donaldo Macedo and Alexandre Oliveira.