Bøger af Ivan Illich

The medical establishment has become a major threat to health, says Ivan Illich. He outlines the causes of iatrogenic diseases.

Illich suggests radical reforms for the education system to stop its headlong rush towards frustrated expectations and inequalities.

Ivan Illich's theories on the effectiveness of cars, air travel and energy showed that industrial progress hampers speed and efficiency.

A collection of writings from Dalmatian-Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest, and radical cultural critic Ivan Illich. Focuses on Illich's shorter writings from his early publications through the rise of his remarkable intellectual career, making available works that had fallen into undue obscurity.

In this postscript to Tools for Creativitiy, Illich calls for the right to useful unemployment: a positive, constructive, and even optimistic concept dealing with that activity by which people are useful to themselves and others outside the production of commodities for the market. Unfettered by managing professionals, unmeasured and unmeasureable by economists, these activities truly generate satisfaction, creativity, and freedom.

Engageret og vidende kulturhistorisk essay om vand. Hvad det har været: et stof som gav næring til drømme, og hvad det er blevet til: et industriprodukt, som der er stadig voksende mangel på.