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Remembering Paulo Freire as a Freedom Fighter

Giroux, Henry
http://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/24/remembering-paulo-freire-as-a-freedom-fighter/

Publisher:  CounterPunch
Date Written:  24/09/2021
Year Published:  2021  
Resource Type:  Article

Freire was a revolutionary whose passion for justice and resistance was matched by his hatred of neoliberal capitalism and loathing for authoritarians of all political stripes. Put simply, he was not merely a public intellectual but also a freedom fighter.

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One of Freire's most important contributions was his politicization of culture. He viewed culture a terrain of struggle that both reflected and deployed power. He rejected the vulgar Marxist notion that culture was simply a reflection of economic forces. Not only did he connect culture with social relations that ranged from producing and legitimating class warfare, ecological destruction, and various forms of privilege, but he also understood that culture was always related to power and was an enormously influential force.

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