![]() “ Almost always, the oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves become oppressors” The Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire, 1971. ![]() ![]() He further cautions that in the initial stages of the struggle, there is a very dangerous trap. A dangerous trap that the oppressed fall into, “Who are better prepared than the oppressed to understand the terrible significance of an oppressive society?” The Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire, 1971.Īccording to him, the oppressors cannot develop the pedagogy of the oppressed because egoistic interests of the oppressors it is often “cloaked with false generosity of paternalism”. However, Freire argues, only the oppressed are in the ideal position for the true liberation of both the oppressed and the oppressor. In this chapter, he argues that any oppressive situation of the oppressed is not a destiny but rather the result of a systemic issue it fosters violence it dehumanises not only the oppressed but the oppressor as well. ![]() Chapter 1: Liberate both the oppressed and the oppressor only the oppressed can do that. This post reviews the “pedagogy of the oppressed” book. A review of the pedagogy of the oppressed: ![]()
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