By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes.

Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.

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For first-time buyers, we prefer a credit card and we will only ship to the billing address on the card. We accept MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover, checks and wire transfer. For some items, we can also email digital photographs.Īll of our items are guaranteed as described and are shipped on approval. If you are interested in an item from one of our catalogues or our website and would like more information before ordering it, please give us a call one of our salespeople will be happy to speak with you and answer any questions that you might have. With translation by Myra Bergman Ramos, 'from the original Portuguese manuscript, 1968.'Ī fine copy, very unusual in this condition. Ivan Illich calls Pedagogy of the Oppressed 'truly revolutionary.' To Stanley Aronowitz, it 'meets the single criterion of a 'classic': it has outlived his own time and its author's.' First edition in English: preceded by the 1968 Portuguese edition.

His philosophy and the methods he developed in Pedagogy of the Oppressed have been endorsed 'by scholars and practitioners in a wide range of other fields, including theology, philosophy, sociology, politics, women's studies, nursing, counseling, social work, disability studies and peace studies… the themes of love and hope figure prominently throughout his work' ( Oxford Research Encyclopedia). 'In order for the oppressed to be able to wage the struggle for their liberation,' Freire writes, 'they must perceive the reality of oppression not as a closed world from which there is no exit, but as a limiting situation which they can transform'' ( New York Times).

To Freire, 'just as important as learning to read was the growth of social consciousness and action… learning to read was more than a step in education: it was a means of helping victims of oppression change their situation in an unjust society. Octavo, original ivory cloth, original dust jacket.įirst edition in English, preceded by the Portuguese edition, of Freire's timeless classic, in the original dust jacket, a fine copy.įreire, who died in 1997, based Pedagogy of the Oppressed on his experience teaching illiterate poor Brazilians in the 1960s. 'TRULY REVOLUTIONARY' (IVAN ILLICH): FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF PAULO FREIRE'S PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSEDįREIRE, Paulo.

Freire 1968