The challenges of Ivan Illich : a collective reflection / edited by Lee Hoinacki and Carl Mitcham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoinacki, Lee, 1928-

Mitcham, Carl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Illich, Ivan, 1926-2002.

Illich, Ivan.

Physical Description:

viii, 256 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2002]

Summary:

This unique collection examines the man Utne Reader has called "the greatest social critic of the twentieth century." The essays -- all but one written by people who knew Illich personally -- discuss how his life and thought have affected conceptualization, study, and practice of psychotherapy, notions about education, ideas concerning the historical developments of texts, perceptions of technology, as well as other topics. All of Illich's books are discussed and his ideas on education, theology, technology, anarchism, and society are examined in relationship to those of Rene Girard, Karl Polanyi, Emmanuel Levinas, and Jacques Ellul. Illich's previously unpublished paper offering a new view of conspiracy in European history is included.

Contents:

Part I. Introductions ix

1. Reading Ivan Illich / Lee Hoinacki 1

2. The Challenges of This Collection / Carl Mitcham 9

Part II. The Person 33

3. Ivan Illich as We Knew Him in the 1950s / Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, S.J. 35

4. The Adventure of Publishing Ivan Illich / Marion Boyars 43

5. On Ivan Illich and His Friends / John L. McKnight 49

6. Ivan Illich at the Wissenschaftskolleg / Gesine Bottomley 53

7. In the Shadow of Jerome / Domenico Farias 59

Part III. Arenas of Thought 71

8. Economy, Subsistence, and Psychological Inquiry / Robert Kugelmann 73

9. ABC Redux: Or Literacy Matters. And How! / Barry Sanders 89

10. Ivan Illich's Concept of "Rests": Glimpses of a World Past / David B. Schwartz 101

11. Hospitality Cannot Be a Challenge / Alfons Garrigos 113

Part IV. Facing Society 127

12. The Mess We're In: How Ivan Illich Revealed to Me That the American Dream Is Actually a Nightmare / Aaron Falbel 129

13. A Letter on Studying with Master Illich / Madhu Suri Prakash 141

14. From the Economy to Friendship: My Years Studying Ivan Illich / Eugene J. Burkart 153

15. Don Quixote in the Contemporary Global Tragicomedy / Alastair Hulbert 163

Part V. Extending Interpretations 175

16. Energy and the Mystery of Iniquity / Jean Robert 177

17. Detour and Sacrifice: Ivan Illich and Rene Girard / Jean-Pierre Dupuy 189

18. Ivan Illich's Break with the Past / Pieter Tijmes 205

19. The Quest for Past Somatics / Barbara Duden 219

20. The Cultivation of Conspiracy / Ivan Illich 233.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0791454215

0791454223

OCLC:

48222941