Concern for humanization leads at once to the recognition of dehumanization, not only as an ontological possibility but as an historical reality
Another way to read this is prefiguring the work of Agamben on homo sacer. Basically, there are forms of life for humanity that are fundamentally inhuman. Just being born homo sapiens doesn't make one human - human life is more than mere animal life (zoe - "bare life" in Agamben's terms).
Basically, like Freire, Agamben looked to the Nazi concentration camps as a fundamentally inhuman thing - a really existing process of dehumanization. His project looks back to ancient Roman law to look at examples, but Friere obviously has a different archive and interest. Like @Ideology says in a post in this thread, "Humans are social beings." The things that make us human are more than biology. This isn't "woo woo" shit, but really existing social relations that make us human. Without those, you're not Aristotle's "political animal" (bios) but instead something closer to a mere animal.
Pretty much. The capitalist ideal of the lone wolf caveman is an extreme anachronism trying to sell the idea of "things have always been this way." Hermits existed but were never the mainstream mode of existence anywhere in the world. And they still had to come from a highly socialized society to even get the momentum to leave their place of origin.
Another way to read this is prefiguring the work of Agamben on homo sacer. Basically, there are forms of life for humanity that are fundamentally inhuman. Just being born homo sapiens doesn't make one human - human life is more than mere animal life (zoe - "bare life" in Agamben's terms).
Basically, like Freire, Agamben looked to the Nazi concentration camps as a fundamentally inhuman thing - a really existing process of dehumanization. His project looks back to ancient Roman law to look at examples, but Friere obviously has a different archive and interest. Like @Ideology says in a post in this thread, "Humans are social beings." The things that make us human are more than biology. This isn't "woo woo" shit, but really existing social relations that make us human. Without those, you're not Aristotle's "political animal" (bios) but instead something closer to a mere animal.
Pretty much. The capitalist ideal of the lone wolf caveman is an extreme anachronism trying to sell the idea of "things have always been this way." Hermits existed but were never the mainstream mode of existence anywhere in the world. And they still had to come from a highly socialized society to even get the momentum to leave their place of origin.