Hope is not the same as optimism, a psychologist explains − just look at MLK’s example
Optimism can rely on a sense of luck, while hope is action-oriented − and often aimed at helping other people.
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Paulo Freire
This short essay examines Paulo Freire's extraordinary influence in popular democratic politics in South Africa and in the 1970s and 1980s. First published in Portuguese in 1968 Paulo Freire's ...
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Students Need To Be Able To Read The Word And The World
Giroux writes As global politics increasingly embrace authoritarianism and intensifies its attack on democratizing forms of education, the work of the late internationally-renowned Paulo Freire ...
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Cambridge sculpture makes a stand on culture wars
Paulo Freire may not be well known in the UK but he's one of the most influential thinkers in education. His arguments for critical thinking in schools and universities have shaped teaching well ...
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Operation Nemesis and the question of violence
The Armenian Genocide of 1915 marked a devastating chapter in history. Over 1.5 million Armenians were systematically ...
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Henry Giroux
Henry A. Giroux currently holds the McMaster University Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the English and Cultural Studies Department and is the Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in ...