Challenging us to recognize our "unfinished" selves, Freire's uplifting message urges citizens, students, parents, and teachers to discover new horizons of hope and possibility for a better world. Connecting the personal with the political, Freire's voice is as profound as it is inspiring, guiding us through the everyday acts of observation and critical thinking that link personal creativity with the prospects of a just and more humane society. One's capacity to dream, to reach, and to engage with a troubles world are the essence of a meaningful and liberating life.

This new book, constructed from Paulo Freire's writings near the end of his life, is characterized by the eloquence of his dreams-dreams that constituted the utopia underlying Freire's lifelong work. Freire challenges all educators to create Circles of Dialogues, or reflective spaces, for passionate and critical reflection that is coherent and humanizing, favoring the oppressed peoples of the world. The chapters, crafted toward the end of the twentieth century, reflect Freire's deep concern with the assault by neoliberal policies on the basic democratic rights of the dispossessed, as he...