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Ivan Dominic Illich (/ ɪ ˌ v ɑː n ˈ ɪ l ɪ tʃ / iv-AHN IL-itch, German: [ˈiːvan ˈɪlɪtʃ]; 4 September 1926 – 2 December 2002) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, and social critic.
May 8, 2024 · Ivan Illich was an Austrian philosopher and Roman Catholic priest known for his radical polemics arguing that the benefits of many modern technologies and social arrangements were illusory and that, still further, such developments undermined humans’ self-sufficiency, freedom, and dignity.
Ivan Illich (1926 – 2002) rose to fame in the 1970s with a series of brilliant, short, polemical, books on major institutions of the industrialized world.
Dec 9, 2021 · Illich was an iconoclastic social critic, radical Christian, and cultural historian who soared to international fame in the 1970s with searing critiques of Western modernity, Christianity, and the professionalization of care in healthcare, education, and social services.
Dec 2, 2002 · Ivan Illich was an Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest and critic of the institutions of contemporary western culture and their effects of the provenance and practice of education, medicine, work, energy use, and economic development.
In Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey, the Canadian broadcaster and writer David Cayley makes a persuasive case that this neglect is a mistake. Illich should be taken seriously as a thinker, Cayley shows, with insights into educational and health systems, technology, the nature of modernity, and the Christian faith.
Jun 21, 2024 · Ivan Illich was a “radically orthodox” monsignor who remained tradition-minded his entire life. With Pope Francis, his hour may have finally arrived.
Jul 15, 2023 · Ivan Domenic Illich was born on September 4, 1926, in Vienna, Austria, and died on December 2, 2002, in Bremen, Germany. His father, Gian Pietro Illich, was an aristocrat Croatian, and his mother, Ellen Rose Illich, was from German family of Jewish converts to Catholicism.
Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey. by Wolfgang Palaver. David Cayley conducted two long interviews for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with Ivan Illich (1926– 2002), a Catholic priest, social critic, and historian. Both these interviews were also published as books.
Jun 1, 2016 · Ivan Illich's attack on modern medicine, Medical Nemesis, appeared in 1974. The book famously opened with the statement: ‘The medical establishment has become a major threat to health.’.
