Pedagogy, Oppression and Transformation in a 'Post-Critical' Climate

Maeve O'Brien is Lecturer in Human Development at St Patrick's College, Dublin City University, Ireland. Andrew O'Shea is Senior Tutor and Assistant Lecturer in Philosophy and Human Development at St. Patrick's College, Dublin City University, Ireland.

• Foreword Joe Dunne; Introduction: The Post Critical Context and Possibilities for Pedagogy O'Brien and O'Shea; Chapter 1: Paulo Freire and the Tasks of the Critical Educational Scholar / Activist Michael Apple; Chapter 2: The Role of the University and the Struggle for Equality Margaret Crean and Kathleen Lynch; Chapter 3: Conscientisation; The Art of Learning to Unlearn Anne Ryan; Chapter 4: Globalisation, Justice and Community Peadar Kirby; Chapter 5: Freire's Pedagogy and The Boundaries of a Liberal Education Daniel Mulcahy; Chapter 6: Ethics of Care and Humanisation: Possibilities for Dialogue and Relationality Maeve O'Brien; Chapter 7: Pedagogy and the Sacred: New Interpretive Models of Historical Reality Andrew O'Shea; Chapter 8: From Progressivism to Pessimism: Can Freire and Zizek be reconciled? Jones Irwin.

‘This book provides a thoughtful reassessment of the work of Paulo Freire against the background of recent developments in the theory and practice of education. It provides a powerful reminder of the need to bring the personal back into the political project that education ultimately is.' Gert Biesta, Professor of Education, University of Stirling, UK