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| Born | Ivan Dominic Illich September 4, 1926 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | December 2, 2002 (aged 76) Bremen, Germany |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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Ivan Dominic Illich (/ɪˌvɑːn ˈɪlɪtʃ/ iv-AHN IL-itch; German: [ˈiːvan ˈɪlɪtʃ]; 4 September 1926 – 2 December 2002) was an Austrian Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, and social critic.[1] His 1971 book Deschooling Society criticises modern society's institutional approach to education, an approach that constrains learning to narrow situations in a fairly short period of the human lifespan. His 1975 book Medical Nemesis, importing to the sociology of medicine the concept of medical harm, argues that industrialised society widely impairs quality of life by overmedicalising life, pathologizing normal conditions, creating false dependency, and limiting other more healthful solutions.[2] Illich called himself "an errant pilgrim."[3]
- ^ Anheier, Helmut K.; Toepler, Stefan (2009). International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer. p. 848. ISBN 9780387939964.
- ^ "iatrogenesis", A Dictionary of Sociology, Encyclopedia.com. updated 31 May 2020.
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