Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Trust and Humanism

"They talk about the people, but they do not trust them; and trusting the people is the indispensable precondition for revolutionary change. A real humanist can be identified more by his trust in the people, which engages him in their struggle, than by a thousand actions in their favor without that trust,"(p.42).

Freire, Paulo (1970) Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Originally published by London: The Continuum Publishing Company. Republished in 1996 by London: Penguin Books.

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