| Description |
xvi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : Paulo Freire and the twentieth-century drive for development -- 1. Entering history -- 2. The revolution that wasn't and the revolution that was in Brazil, 1961-1964 -- 3. Reformist Chile, peasant consciousness, and the meaning of Christian democracy, 1964-1969 -- 4. Paulo Freire and the World Council of Churches in the first and third worlds, 1969-1980 -- 5. The Sandinistas and the last utopian experiment of the Cold War, 1979-1980 -- 6. The long, slow transition to democracy in Brazil and the end (?) of utopia, 1980-1997 -- Epilogue : Legacies of a Cold War intellectual in a post-Cold War world |
| Summary |
"Kirkendall's archival research is outstanding, and the result is a comprehensive analysis of the international career of Paulo Freire and his impact on literacy campaigns in Latin America, Africa, and worldwide." James N. Green, professor of history and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University -- |
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"Paulo Freire and the Cold War Politics of Literacy is a meticulously researched study. Kirkendall offers a sweeping view of Freire's life work across three continents, from northeastern Brazil to Chile, to Harvard University and the World Council of Churches, to Guine-Bissau and Nicaragua, and back to Brazil. This book will be required reading for anyone interested in Freire and the reach of his ideas." Jerry Davila, author of Hotel Tropico: Brazil and the Challenge of African Decolonization, 1950-1980 -- |
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A native of Brazil's impoverished northeast, Freire developed adult literacy training techniques that involved consciousness-raising, encouraging peasants and newly urban peoples to see themselves as active citizens who could transform their own lives. Freire's work for state and national government agencies in Brazil in the early 1960s eventually aroused the suspicion of the Brazilian military, as well as of U.S. government aid programs. Political pressures led to Freire's brief imprisonment, following the military coup of 1964, and then to more than a decade and a half in exile. During this period, Freire continued his work in Chile, Nicaragua, and postindependence African countries, as well as in Geneva with the World Council of Churches and in the United States at Harvard University. -- |
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Andrew Kirkendall's evenhanded appraisal of Freire's pioneering life and work, which remains influential today, gives new perspectives on the history of the Cold War, the meanings of radicalism, and the evolution of the Left in Latin America --Book Jacket |
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In the twentieth century, illiteracy and its elimination were political issues important enough to figure in the fall of governments (as in Brazil in 1964), the building of nations (in newly independent African countries in the 1970s), and the construction of a revolutionary order (Nicaragua in 1980). This political biography of Paulo Freire (1921-97), who played a crucial role in shaping international literacy education, also presents a thoughtful examination of the volatile politics of literacy during the Cold War. -- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997.
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Literacy -- Political aspects -- Latin America.
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Cold War.
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Literacy -- Political aspects.
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| LC no. |
2010006640 |
| ISBN |
080783419X (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780807834190 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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