A short and accessible introduction to Freire's ideas in connection with eleven critical theorists.

This book draws connections between Paulo Freire and some of the most influential critical scholars of the 20th century. Each chapter pairs Freire with one of eleven critical scholars, giving a biographical summary and expanding the shared themes in their work. The critical theorists covered are: Mikhail Bakhtin, Pierre Bourdieu, Enrique Dussel, Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault, Nancy Fraser, Erich Fromm, Antonio Gramsci, Jürgen Habermas, bell hooks and Iris Young. The book takes up Freire’s invitation to use his perspective as a lens into different contexts and offers an expanded look at Freire’s contribution to critical theory. While introducing the connections between Freire and other critical scholars the book reveals the importance of Freire’s work to political sociology, critical race theory, decolonial theory, feminist theories and critical linguistics.

"A book containing Paulo Freire’s primary educational thoughts about dialogue invariably provides renewed insights into his epistemological-cum-political proffering. By connecting Freirean educational praxis to the seminal thoughts of prominent critical educational theorists, this book opens a reflexive and dyadic pathway through which Freire’s understandings of educational and deliberative engagement can be reimagined." - Yusef Waghid, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Education, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

"Crystal Green’s phenomenal book, Freire and Critical Theorists, published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2023, comprises twelve rigorous and interrelated chapters engaging with Paulo Freire’s notion of critical theory." - International Review of Education