Ivan Illich
1926 – 2002 Austrian philosopher, social critic, priest
Austrian thinker who argued that compulsory schooling should be abolished in Deschooling Society.
- Religion
- Roman Catholic priest.
- Affiliations
- Wrote Deschooling Society; founded a research center in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Ivan Illich was a Catholic priest and radical social critic who challenged the institutions of modern life. In his 1971 book Deschooling Society he argued that compulsory schools confuse learning with instruction and proposed learning networks in their place. His critique influenced alternative education and homeschooling movements.
Connections
- ally of Paulo Freire — Fellow radical critic of conventional schooling.
- ally of Paulo Freire — Shared a radical critique of institutional schooling.