Foreign thinker

Ivan Illich

Social Philosophy, Critique of Modernity, Institutional TheoryAustrian1926–2002

School has become the world religion of a modernized proletariat, and makes futile promises of salvation to those it enslaves.

Ivan Illich

In their times

Open in the Timeline of Thought

Influenced1

Gholamali Keshanib. 1956

Contemporaries1

Majid Rahnema1924–2015

Life and Thought

Ivan Illich was a philosopher, former priest, sociologist, and prominent critic of modern institutions. Through his controversial books such as "Deschooling Society" and "Medical Nemesis," he mounted a radical critique of industrial structures, compulsory education, and modern healthcare systems. Illich's thought exerted a profound influence on techno-criticism movements, environmental sustainability, and alternative development theories.

Sedanet articles about Ivan Illich

A Dialogue Between Ivan Illich and Majid Rahnema – Be a Candle in the Dark!

June 2, 2016

Ivan Illich

In their times

Influenced1

Contemporaries1

Life and Thought

Sedanet articles about Ivan Illich

A Dialogue Between Ivan Illich and Majid Rahnema – Be a Candle in the Dark!

Ivan Illich

In their times

Influenced1

Contemporaries1

Life and Thought

Sedanet articles about Ivan Illich

A Dialogue Between Ivan Illich and Majid Rahnema – Be a Candle in the Dark!

Examining Bill Gates's Views on Climate Change and the Environment

The Theory of Evolution and Theological Challenges; Religious Responses

Iran According to Mehrzad Boroujerdi

The Moral Underpinnings of the Critique of Capitalism

Moral Pills; Webinar by Hossein Dabbagh

Fellow thinkers

Gholamali Keshani

Majid Rahnema

Abdel Wahab El-Messiri

Byung-Chul Han