Pedagogy of hope Book

This books subtitle "Reliving the Pedagogy of the Oppressed" captures the essence of the book. 24 years after the release of his landmark book, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Freire offers background from his exile (from his native Brazil)in Chile that led to his writing the book. He also takes time to answer some of his critics and restate some of the essential points. As one has studied Freire closely, I found this book to be a refreshing personal response to the more scholarly and abstract Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Also the extensive endnotes by Freire's wife helped fill out a lot of background and assumed knowledge

Two constructive comments - First, one would have to read the former book closely to appreciate this book. Apart from that one might be lost at times. Second,the division of the chapters seemed very strange. Whereas in the middle of chapters there were natural breaks, sometimes stories/accounts stopped at the end of a chapter and continued at the beginning of another. I'm not sure what that was all about.

However, for those who seek to more fully understand the the thinking of this seminal educational thinker, this is great book to add to one's reading list.