LOCAL AND UNIVERSAL AS FORMATION SPACES IN PAULO FREIRE

Abstract

The text marks an analysis carried out in the published literature concerning Paulo Freire, with emphasis on the active subjects of his reflection, who are the workers. It shows that both, in Brazil and Latin America, there is an increase in precarious work and female work, with a frequent devaluation of qualifications and wages. It shows the growing interest in update the thinking of Paulo Freire and the emphasis the weakening of studies about him and about the emphasis of the strong political dimension, which is the greatest mark of his reflections in defending the educational action. The work allows us to reflect that the interest of Paulo Freire in rooting educational action in the communities and in a direct relationship with the population was not separated from his interest in the universal. It emphasizes that it is very difficult or even impossible to understand the interpretation of his respect for the local or regional as a rejection of the universal.