ABSTRACT
I have liked the work of Paulo Freire since the days of being a student activist, and I had the pleasure of attending seminars with him in Britain in about 1975, and loved the way he worked. Later, as I became involved in Gestalt therapy, I realised the similarities between the two sets of ideas, in both the theories and the methodology. Part of our holistic heritage as Gestaltists is an interest in the social and political aspects of being a human being, and Freire brings that in a manner similar to our Paul Goodman, who was, after all, author of one of the first radical critiques of education: Growing Up Absurd (1960). The writing is experimental, trying to capture some of the essence of Freire’s approach in the linear format of a paper.
