The Intellectual Activity Of Those Without Power

This Book Will Present Some Aspects Of What The Writer Has Termed The Pedagogy Of The Oppressed, A Pedagogy Which Must Be Forged With, Not For, The Oppressed (whether Individuals Or Peoples) In The Incessant Struggle To Regain Their Humanity.

Because Love Is An Act Of Courage, Not Of Fear, Love Is A Commitment To Others. No Matter Where The Oppressed Are Found, The Act Of Love Is Commitment To Their Cause--the Cause Of Liberation.

In Sum: Banking Theory And Practice, As Immobilizing And Fixating Forces, Fail To Acknowledge Men And Women As Historical Beings; Problem-posing Theory And Practice Take The People's Historicity As Their Starting Point.

The Earliest Language Was Body Language And, Since This Language Is The Language Of Questions, If We Limit The Questions, And If We Only Pay Attention To Or Place Values On Spoken Or Written Language, Then We Are Ruling Out A Large Area Of Human Language.

At Times, I Have Been Criticized By Some Philosophers Of Education, Who Place Me In Postures That They Classify Pejoratively As 'revolutionary.' But I Have Had The Satisfaction Of Being Invited To Work In Societies Making Progressive Efforts Without Wavering. They Were Changing, And So They Called On Me.