Pedagogy of Autonomy – Paulo Freire’s last book in life: a passionate and intense invitation to every professional who intends to be a critical educator and author of his praxis

Abstract

Paulo Freire has always impressed by the courage and clarity in his po-sitions and in his works. It was no different in his last book, Pedagogy of freedom [Pedagogia da autonomia in Portuguese], which points out not only the courage but also the author’s boldness. Freire had the audacity to define, among other concepts, what is right thinking or wrong thinking in pedagogical practice, that teaching is not depositing knowledge, that it is a human specificity, that pedagogical practice must be guided by students autonomy... All this without ever losing hope. This text aims to review Freire’s last work published in his lifetime from an affective pers-pective, briefly going through his biography, contradictory statements made by those who do not yet know his work and the author’s positions in relation to the world.