No Reality Transforms Itself.

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.

... Studying Is A Preparation For Knowing; It Is A Patient And Impatient Exercise On The Part Of Someone Whose Intent Is Not To Know It All At Once But To Struggle To Meet The Timing Of Knowledge.

Indeed, Some "revolutionaries" Brand As "innocents," "dreamers," Or Even "reactionaries"; Those Who Would Challenge This Educational Practice. But One Does Not Liberate People By Alienating Them. Authentic Liberation - The Process Of Humanization - Is Not Another Deposit To Be Made In Men.

The Parent-child Relationship In The Home Usually Reflects The Objective Cultural Conditions Of The Surrounding Social Structure. If The Conditions Which Penetrate The Home Are Authoritarian, Rigid, And Dominating, The Home Will Increase The Climate Of Oppression. As These Authoritarian Relations Between Parents And Children Intensify, Children In Their Infancy Increasingly Internalize The Paternal Authority.

It Is Only The Oppressed Who, By Freeing Themselves, Can Free Their Oppressors.