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Spotlight on Student Scholarship
  • ISSN: 1539-7785
  • E-ISSN: 2048-0717

Abstract

The aim of this article is to compare and contrast Marshall McLuhan and Paulo Freire’s ideas on Marxism and Catholicism – one famous educator from North America and the other famous educator from South America. Although, as far as our research is concerned, they had never met, they had some similar insights on the subject of education and both were Catholics, a significant detail as Catholicism and Marxism have distinct principles. However, unlike McLuhan, Freire was very fond of Marxist ideas. Therefore, the aim of this article is to discuss possible influences that both Catholicism and Marxism had on McLuhan and Freire’s thoughts, especially on the subject of education. Thus, it is like a window constructed with the juxtaposition of their ideas in order to bring together two relevant intellectuals to education that were (or still are) misunderstood by many.

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  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES)
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Keyword(s): Christian; educator; Marxist; media ecology; politics; religion
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