Abstract:
This article seeks to understand the principles of participation in the form of a complex weft, based on Paulo Freire's political and pedagogical thinking. Among other issues, the text reflects on the historical experiences, directly or indirectly experienced in Freire's life that influenced the incorporation of participation as a basic premise of his pedagogy. In the field of theoretical influences the presence of authors identified in his work are analyzed in terms of their appropriation by Paulo Freire and the way he articulates them in the dimension of participation as a radical democracy. The weft of participation in Freirean pedagogy is the basis for a conception of democracy that manifests itself as historical protagonism, as relational-humanizing action and as a practice of freedom.
Keywords:
Paulo Freire; Participation; Radical democracy; Pedagogia