Every relationship of domination, of exploitation, of oppression is by definition violent, whether or not the violence is expressed by drastic means. In such a relationship, dominator and dominated alike are reduced to things- the former dehumanized by an excess of power, the latter by a lack of it. And things cannot love.


Education for Critical Consciousness (ed. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013) - ISBN: 9781780937458

Paulo Freire Quotes

Every relationship of domination, of exploitation, of oppression is by definition violent, whether or not the violence is expressed by drastic means. ...

Every relationship of domination, of exploitation, of oppression is by definition violent, whether or not the violence is expressed by drastic means. ...

Every relationship of domination, of exploitation, of oppression is by definition violent, whether or not the violence is expressed by drastic means. ...

Every relationship of domination, of exploitation, of oppression is by definition violent, whether or not the violence is expressed by drastic means. ...