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Ivan Illich
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Austrian philosopher and theologian (1926–2002)
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Ivan Illich, born Dominic Illich on 4 September 1926 in Vienna, was a Catholic priest, historian, pedagogue, and philosopher. He held citizenship in Austria, the United States, and Germany. Illich was educated at the University of Florence, Pontifical Gregorian University, and University of Salzburg, earning a Doctor of Philosophy. He worked at Pennsylvania State University, the Piarists, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico.
His notable work includes *Deschooling Society*. Illich was associated with the degrowth and environmentalism movements, and his political ideology was anarchist. He was influenced by Emmanuel Levinas, the Traditionalist School, René Guénon, and Frithjof Schuon. Illich spoke German, French, Italian, and Spanish. He died of natural causes on 2 December 2002 in Bremen.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 4 September 1926
- Died
- 2 December 2002
- Works
- 116
Top works
- Deschooling Society
- Niḳmat ha-refuʾah
- Ivan Illich et la société conviviale
- America latina: parole come armi
- Ivan Illich
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Key facts
- Born
- Ivan Dominic Illich , ( 1926-09-04 ) September 4, 1926, Vienna , Austria
- Died
- December 2, 2002 (2002-12-02) (aged 76), Bremen , Germany
- Era
- Contemporary philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Christian philosophy
- Main interests
- Philosophy of education philosophy of technology
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dominic
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Bremen
- Occupation
- theologian
- Educated at
- University of Salzburg
- Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- pedagogue
- Movement
- environmentalism
- Official website
- www.ivanillich.org.mx
- Image
- 1969 press photo of Ivan Illich.jpg
- Work location
- Cuernavaca
- Political ideology
- anarchist
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- date of birth
- 1926-09-04
- date of death
- 2002-12-02
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- Ivan Illich
- manner of death
- natural causes
- influenced by
- Traditionalist School
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Encyclopedic overview
Ivan Dominic Illich (/ɪˈvɑːn ˈɪlɪtʃ/ 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 he argued demotivates and alienates individuals from the process of learning. His 1975 book Medical Nemesis, importing to the sociology of medicine the concept of medical harm, in which he argues that industrialised society impairs quality of life through processes such as overmedicalisation, the pathologisation of normal conditions, and increased dependency on medical institutions. Illich called himself "an errant pilgrim."
Biography
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