The Convivial Society
Reading Illich: A Conversation with Gustavo Esteva Listen now (67 min) | It was my pleasure back in June to enjoy a conversation with Carl Mitcham about the life and work of Ivan Illich. A couple of weeks ago, I had the similar pleasure of speaking with Gustavo Esteva, an activist and scholar who, despite having earlier rejected…
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Human Interests and Technological SystemsWhen a system becomes sufficiently complex, the human element more often than not becomes a problem to be solved. The solution is to either remove the …
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Care, Friendship, Hospitality: Reflections on the Thought of Ivan IllichOver the past couple of months, believing that Ivan Illich’s thought indeed spoke with renewed urgency to our moment, I’ve revisited two of his earlies…
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Reading Illich: In the Vineyard of the Text, Asynchronous ThreadWelcome to our asynchronous discussion of Ivan Illich’s In the Vineyard of the Text. As I mentioned in introducing the book earlier this month, …
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Hello all, After a little back and forth on my part, I’ve decided to have us read In the Vineyard of the Text (1993) this month. This is a rather diffe…
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Deschooling Society: Synchronous Thread (2)Good morning everyone (depending on your time zone, of course)! Welcome to our second synchronous discussion of Ivan Illich’s Deschooling Society
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Deschooling Society: Synchronous ThreadHello all, Welcome to our first synchronous discussion of Ivan Illich’s Deschooling Society. If this one is catching you at a bad time, I’ll be …
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