In short, we could summarize the stages of conscientization this way, as a series of beliefs one has to be reformed or groomed into believing (though these are my labels and descriptions, not how Lukács or Freire describes them): Class Awareness—Awareness that you are a member of a class in a class society. The Nature of Class Society—Class society dehumanizes those whom it oppresses. Holistic Understanding—All classes are part of a broader whole of society, which implies that “oppression” is a verb occurring within a structural dynamic between oppressors and those whom they oppress, all of
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