Ivan Dominic Illich (; 4 September 1926 – 2 December 2002) was a 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 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. Illich called himself "an errant pilgrim."
Ivan Illich
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איוואן איליץ, ivan, Illich, and 19 others
Иллич, Иван Илич, Іван Ілліч, Ivan Illich, I イリイチ, 이반일리치, איוואן איליץ', イヴァン・イリイチ, Иван Иллич, イヴァン イリイチ, イバン イリイチ, Ivan Ilić, イヴァン イリッチ, Ivan D. Illich, И Иллич, ஐவன் ஈலிச், Ivan D Illich, Иван Илић, Ivan Ilič - Born:
- Sept. 3, 1926
- Died:
- Dec. 1, 2002
