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EAN : 9782707174949
Code sériel : 606
Shaping : POCHE
Pages : 128
Size : 120 x 190 mm
AN INTRODUCTION TO IVAN ILLICH

Collection : Repères
Release date : 22/11/2012

In the 1970s, Ivan Illich’s books: Une societé sans école (1971), and La Convivialité (1973) provoked much debate. The author, Ivan Illich (1926-2002), was an original character, a great traveler, an insatiable reader, a polyglot, a man curious of everything and everyone, whose work is both challenging and impressive. His...

In the 1970s, Ivan Illich’s books: Une societé sans école (1971), and La Convivialité (1973) provoked much debate. The author, Ivan Illich (1926-2002), was an original character, a great traveler, an insatiable reader, a polyglot, a man curious of everything and everyone, whose work is both challenging and impressive. His writing has a surprising critical and self-critical continuity.
A critical observer of the industrial society, Ivan Illich demonstrated that, beyond a certain threshold, institutions (the church, schools, hospitals, transport etc.) prove counterproductive, that is, they work against their own purpose : schools un-teach, hospitals make people sick etc…This challenging, anti-conformist reflection is presented in this book.

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EAN : 9782707174949
Code sériel : 606
Shaping : POCHE
Pages : 128
Size : 120 x 190 mm
La Découverte