At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.
Ivan Illich Quotes
School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.
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| Birth: | 4th September, 1926 |
| Death: | 2nd December, 2002 |
| Nationality: | Austrian |
| Profession: | Philosopher, Priest |
About
Ivan Illich was born in Vienna, Austria. He was an Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest, and "maverick social critic" of the institutions of contemporary Western culture and their effects on the provenance and practice of education, medicine, work, energy use, transportation, and economic development. He studied histology and crystallography at the University of Florence in Italy, as well as theology and philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and earned his PhD in History from the University of Salzburg. He wrote several books include: Celebration of Awareness, Deschooling Society, Tools for Conviviality, Energy and Equity, Medical Nemesis, Limits to medicine, The Right to Useful Unemployment, Shadow Work, Gender, and H2O and the Waters of Forgetfulness.
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