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Having internalized the oppressor's image, the oppressed fear freedom, which would demand autonomy and responsibility instead
Drawn from what Paulo Freire said
What Paulo Freire actually said
- Paulo Freire Brazilian educator and philosopher (1921 to 1997)
The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom. Freedom would require them to eject this image and replace it with autonomy and responsibility.
Where this was said
↗Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Bloomsbury, 2014 edition; tr. Myra Bergman Ramos)books.google.com
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