Psychologocal and epistemological dimmensions of Freire’s work

Authors

  • Balduino Antonio Andreola Centro Universitário La Salle, Unilasalle
  • Ronaldo Silva Lopes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/1040

Keywords:

psychology, oppression, liberation, epistemology, Freire

Abstract

Before talking about Freire’s work, it should be remembered that pedagogy, as well as philosophy and the theol­ogy of liberation are born in the midst of a historical process of liberation of the Latin-American people, cruelly repressed by dictatorships. The oppression is presented in Freire under psychological, anthropological, ontological, economic-political and pedagogical dimensions. In the article the psychological ones are analyzed which present these manifestations: introjections of the figure of the oppressor, contradictory existential duality (rejection/identifi­cation), auto-depreciation, inferiority, submission, fear of freedom. In addition to these psychological aspects, Freire offers, for a political-social psychology, epistemological fundamentals, by proposing a theory of knowledge based on the dialogue with subaltern populations.

Author Biography

Balduino Antonio Andreola, Centro Universitário La Salle, Unilasalle

Doutor em Ciências da Educação pela Université Catholique de Louvain - Belgica (1985); Mestrado em Educação pelo PPG/EDU da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS (1977); Mestrado em Psicopedagogia (pré-requisito ao doutorado), Université Catholique de Louvain (1883); Bacharelado em Filosofia pelo Seminário Central de São Leopoldo (1952); Bacharelado em Teologia pelo Istituto San Pietro - Itália (1959); Licenciatura em Filosofia pela Faculdade Nossa Senhora Medianeira - São Paulo (1968).

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Published

2013-04-30

Issue

No. 22 (2013)

Section

Dossier

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