All governments stress an employment-intensive force of production, but are unwilling to recognize that jobs can also destroy the use-value of free time. They all stress a more objective and complete professional definition of people's needs, but are insensitive to the consequent expropriation of life.
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About Ivan Illich
Ivan Illich was a 20th-century Austrian philosopher and theologian. Ivan Dominic Illich 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 demotivates and alienates individuals from the process of learning. Read more on Wikipedia →
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- Life — Reflections on the meaning, challenges, and beauty of life