Title:
Ivan Illich : an intellectual journey
Author:
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]
©2021
Physical Description:
552 pages ; 27 cm.
ISBN:
9780271088129
Abstract:
"Examines the life and writings of Roman Catholic Church reformer Ivan Illich (1926-2002) in the context of the wider field of cultural criticism that took shape in the 1960s and beyond"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction : Ivan Illich as I knew him -- Prologue : early life -- Exile -- Cuernavaca -- Church -- Deschooling society -- Illich as revolutionary -- Disabling professions -- Certainties -- Gender -- Embodiment/disembodiment -- "A bulldozer lurks in every computer" : on reading, writing, and language -- To hell with life -- Corruptio optimi pessima -- Apocalypse -- Illich's way of life -- Epilogue : the art of suffering -- Conclusion : a candle in the dark.
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Language:
English
