Excessive forms of wealth and prolonged formal employment, no matter how well distributed, destroy the social, cultural, and environmental conditions for equal productive freedom.

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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 →

Themes

  • Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination

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