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Book SynopsisMarking the fiftieth anniversary of two of the most influential books in modern educational and social theory, Rethinking Freire and Illich introduces readers to the results of the symposium of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Ivan Illich’s Deschooling Society. The collection uniquely analyses Freire and Illich together, although not in a comparative way. It acknowledges that both Freire and Illich led in different ways to a new approach to perceiving and understanding the concept of liberation as a human condition, while also presenting current criticisms of their work from a gendered perspective and by Indigenous scholars in the US and Canada.
Drawing on contributions from historians of education, theologians, digital experts, and philosophers of education, the book offers a historical analysis using extensive primary sources and an originality of topics. It introduces the ways in which the current generation reads the overall
Table of Contents
Introduction Rosa Bruno-Jofré, Michael Attridge, and Jon Igelmo Zaldivar Part I: Historical Framework 1. Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Deschooling Society in the Long 1960s: A Contextualization Rosa Bruno-Jofré and Jon Igelmo Part II: Theological Intersections in Freire’s Work and Their Impact on Catholicism 2. The Reception of Paulo Freire at the Second Episcopal Conference of Latin America (CELAM II) in 1968 Michael Attridge 3. Paulo Freire and the Jesuit Intellectual and Educational World in Chile (1964–1969): A Collateral and Indirect Relationship Cristobal Madero 4. Lonergan and Freire: An Initial Conversation Darren Dias 5. “The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb”: Traces of Prophetic Judaism in the Concept of Love in Pedagogy of the Oppressed Gonzalo Jover and David Luque 6. Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions (RNDM) and Paulo Freire: Weaving a Web of Life Veronica Dunne Part III: Freire and Illich and Contemporary Critical Issues in Education 7. Ivan Illich, Gender, and Energy R.W. Sandwell 8. Building Convivial Educational Tools in the Twenty-First Century Ana Jofre, Kristina Boylan, and Ibrahim Yucel 9. In Support of Critical Thinking Education: Praxis and Dialogue in Digital Learning Ina Ghita 10. The Ideas of Ivan Illich in the History of the Homeschooling/Unschooling Movement and His Intellectual Relationship with John Holt Jon Igelmo Zaldívar and Patricia Quiroga Uceda 11. “The Time Has Come to Make the World Safe from Lifelong Education”: John Ohliger, Ivan Illich, and Mandatory Continuing Education Josh Cole Part IV: Freire and Illich and Indigeneity 12. From Nutrix Educat to Ju-jum dakim: A Possible Resolution for Ivan Illich’s Forsaken Ritual Chris Beeman 13. Reading Pedagogy of the Oppressed through the Lens of Indigenous Education: Reflections on Overlaps, Departures, and Social Developments Lindsay A. Morcom Part V: Freire in Attempts at Transformation in Asia in the Last Decades 14. An Historical Analysis of the Application of Paulo Freire’s Critical Literacy in the Design of the Rural Advancement Committee’s (BRAC) Functional Education Curriculum in Bangladesh from 1972 to 1981 Mohammad Fateh 15. The Influence and Legacy of Freire’s Ideas on Adult Literacy in Post-New War Timor-Leste Tom O’Donoghue Part VI Epilogue: From Theory to Practice and Back Again James Scott Johnston Artist’s Statement Alan Wilkinson
