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“The household became the place where the consumption of wages takes place.”

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Ivan Illich, born on September 4, 1926 and died on December 2, 2002, was a renowned philosopher. His research focused on the fields of education, technology, and social criticism, reflecting deeply on modern society. more

“School prepares for the alienating institutionalization of life by teaching the need to be taught. Once this lesson is learned, people lose their incentive to grow in independence; they no longer find relatedness attractive, and close themselves off to the surprises which life offers when it is not predetermined by institutional definition.”

People Needs School Grows Loses Teaching Taught Lessons Offers Independence Surprise Definitions Attractive Incentives Predetermined

Author:Ivan Illich

“The more time, toil, and sacrifice spent by a population in producing medicine as a commodity, the larger will be the by-product, namely, the fallacy that society has a supply of health locked away which can be mined and marketed.”

Sacrifice Products Medicine Population More Time Locked Commodity Toil Fallacy

Book:Medical nemesis: the expropriation of health

Source: Medical nemesis: the expropriation of health

“The State shall make no law with respect to the establishment of education.”

States Law Establishment

Book:The Dawn of Epimethean Man, and Other Essays

Source: The Dawn of Epimethean Man, and Other Essays

“What kinds of things and people might learners want to be in contact with in order to learn?”

People Want Kind Might Order Contact Learners

Author:Ivan Illich

“Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story, one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and our present into a coherent whole, one that even shines some light into the future so that we can take the next step… If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an alternative story.”

Ifs Want Whole Stories Light Past Next Bits Powerful Steps Revolution Shining Myth Tales Alternatives Our Past Reformation Next Steps Persuasive

Author:Ivan Illich

“We cannot go beyond the consumer society unless we first understand that obligatory public schools inevitably reproduce such a society, no matter what is taught in them.”

Firsts Matter School Taught No Matter What Consumers Public School

Author:Ivan Illich

“Observations of the sickening effect of programmed environments show that people in them become indolent, impotent, narcissistic and apolitical. The political process breaks down, because people cease to be able to govern themselves; they demand to be managed.”

People Shows Able Political Process Break Environment Effects Demand Cease Observation Breaking Down Narcissistic Apolitical

Book:In the Mirror of the Past: Lectures and Addresses, 1978-1990

Source: In the Mirror of the Past: Lectures and Addresses, 1978-1990

“I believe that if something like a political life is to remain for us in this world of technology, then it begins with friendship. Therefore my task is to cultivate disciplined, self-denying, careful, tasteful friendships.”

Ifs World Believe Self Political Life Is I Believe Technology This World Tasks Careful Political Life

Author:Ivan Illich

“Most people acquire most of their knowledge outside school, and in school only insofar as school, in a few rich countries, has become their place of confinement during an increasing part of their lives.”

People Country School Rich Acquire Confinement Rich Countries

Author:Ivan Illich

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