Ivan Illich
Austrian priest and theologian
Ivan Dominic Illich was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, and social critic. His 1971 book Deschooling Society criticises modern society's institutional approach to education, an approach that constrains learning to... Wikipedia
Born: September 4, 1926, Vienna, Austria
Died: December 2, 2002 (age 76 years), Bremen, Germany
Influenced by: Paulo Freire, Jacques Ellul, Emmanuel Levinas, and more
Parents: Ellen Illich and Ivan Peter Illich
Education: University of Florence, University of Salzburg, and Pontifical Gregorian University
Main interests: Philosophy of education; philosophy of technology
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