The essential Freire: his most trenchant writings. These readings have been chosen by Ana Maria Ara-jo Freire and Donaldo Macedo, who also provide a cogent introduction to the life and times: - From Pedagogy of the Oppressed: "The Fear of Freedom", "The 'Banking' Concept of Education" - From Education for Critical Consciousness, "Education and Conscientizatpo" - From Pedagogy in Process, the introduction - A dialogue between Freire and Macedo on "Literacy in Guinea-Bissau Revisited" - Selections from "Learning to Question" - From Pedagogy of the City, "The Challenges of Urban Education" - From Pedagogy of Hope, "A Further 'Reading of the World'" - Selections from Pedagogy of the Heart