First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
was translated and published in English in 1970. Paulo Freire's work
has helped to empower countless people throughout the world and has
taken on special urgency in the United States and Western Europe,
where the creation of a permanent underclass among the
underprivileged and minorities in cities and urban centers is
ongoing.
This
50th anniversary edition includes an updated introduction by Donaldo
Macedo, a new afterword by Ira Shor and interviews with Marina
Aparicio Barberán, Noam Chomsky, Ramón Flecha, Gustavo Fischman,
Ronald David Glass, Valerie Kinloch, Peter Mayo, Peter McLaren and
Margo Okazawa-Rey to inspire a new generation of educators, students,
and general readers for years to come.