Ivan Illich on Progress and Dependence

„Societies in which most people depend for most of their goods and services on the personal whim, kindness, or skill of another are called underdeveloped, while those in which living has been transformed into a process of ordering from an all-encompassing store catalogue are called advanced.“

Ivan IllichIvan Illich questions conventional progress and critiques a society that increasingly organizes provision through comprehensive store catalogues.
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Ivan Illich was an Austrian-American philosopher, social critic, and priest, known for his critical views on modern society and institutions.

Ivan Illich challenges conventional ideas of progress and critiques dependence on anonymous systems of provision.


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Ivan Illich (1926–2002) was an Austrian-American philosopher, social critic, and priest. He criticized industrial society and the institutionalization of life, especially in medicine and education. Illich's work influenced numerous social theorists and activists.

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