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Paulo Freire's Prophetic Vision for Education

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The Utopian Character of Paula Freire

Paula Freire fashions a powerful theoretical antidote to the cynicism and despair of many left radical critics, Giroud says. The word utopia in the sense that we use it was created by Thomas Moore, a theologian and philosopher who was actually put to death by Henry VIII. "If we can just get the mundane aspects of the base metal of society to be torn away through relentless critique, then the gold seed will blossom on its own straight magic theology," he adds.

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