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Ivan Illich has 88 books on Goodreads with 31524 ratings. Ivan Illich’s most popular book is Deschooling Society.
His 1975 book Medical Nemesis, importing to the sociology of medicine the concept of medical harm, argues that industrialised society widely impairs quality of life by overmedicalising life, pathologizing normal conditions, creating false dependency, and limiting other more healthful solutions. [2] . Illich called himself "an errant pilgrim." [3]
Jul 1, 2000 · The Right to Useful Unemployment: And Its Professional Enemies. Part of: Open Forum S (2 books) | by Ivan Illich | Jul 1, 2000. 17. Paperback. $995. FREE delivery Fri, Mar 8 on $35 of items shipped by Amazon. Kindle. $945. Digital List Price: $16.66.
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The Powerless Church and Other Selected Writings, 1955–1985 (Ivan Illich: 21st-Century Perspectives)
See all books authored by Ivan Illich, including Deschooling Society, and Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis, the Expropriation of Health, and more on ThriftBooks.com.
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Illich's radical anarchist views first became widely known through a set of four books published during the early 1970s---Deschooling Society (1971), Tools for Conviviality (1973), Energy and...
Jan 1, 2001 · Ivan Illich masterfully deconstructs the idea of schooling and all of its perceived advantages. Illich, who was a great opponent of institutionalization, offers thought-provoking alternatives and suggests to informalize education in order to have a better functioning society.
with this opening assertion, Ivan Illich - one of the most brilliant social critics of our time - launches a devastating analysis into "iatrogenesis" (doctor-made illness), examing what medicine really does, as opposed to the myth that has been built around it.
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Ivan Illich: deschooling, conviviality and lifelong learning. Known for his critique of modernization and the corrupting impact of institutions, Ivan Illich’s concern with deschooling, learning webs and the disabling effect of professions has struck a chord among many informal educators.