Deschooling Society

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Deschooling Society

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ISBN: 9780714508795
author: Ivan Illich
book format: Paperback
publishing house: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
publication date: 2000 -7
language: English
price: USD 12.95
number of pages: 116

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Schools have failed our individual needs, supporting false and misleading notions of 'progress' and development fostered by the belief that ever-increasing production, consumption and profit are proper yardsticks for measuring the quality of human life. Our universities have become recruiting centers for the personnel of the consumer society, certifying citizens for service, while at the same time disposing of those judged unfit for the competitive rat race. In this bold and provocative book, Illich suggest some radical and exciting reforms for the education system.

contents

1. Introduction
2. Why We Must Disestablish School
3. Phenomenology of School
4. Ritualization of Progress
5. Institutional Spectrum
6. Irrational Consistencies
7. Learning Web
8. Rebirth of Epimethean Man

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