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Ivan Illich

  • Ivan Dominic Illich
  • Ivan D. Illich
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Illich, Ivan
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Date of birth
1936-09-04
Place of birth
Wien
Date of death
2002-12-02
Place of death
Bremen

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Ivan Dominic Illich ( iv-AHN IL-itch; German: [ˈiːvan ˈɪlɪtʃ]; 4 September 1926 – 2 December 2002) was an Austrian Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, and social critic. His 1971 book Deschooling Society criticises modern society's institutional approach to education, an approach that constrains learning to narrow situations in a fairly short period of the human lifespan. 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. Illich called himself "an errant pilgrim."

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Austrian-American philosopher and theologist.

Last modified: 2024-02-22 (revision #173767)

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Goodreads Author ID
36507
ISNI
0000 0001 0930 7269
LibraryThing Author
illichivan
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL428194A
VIAF
108129419
Wikidata ID
Q84186

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