Deschooling SocietySchools 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. |
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Page 48
... tion until they free themselves from obligatory school . We are all involved in schooling , from both the side of produc- tion and that of consumption . We are superstitiously convinced that good learning can and should be produced in ...
... tion until they free themselves from obligatory school . We are all involved in schooling , from both the side of produc- tion and that of consumption . We are superstitiously convinced that good learning can and should be produced in ...
Page 55
... tion of institutions which exist to be used rather than to produce something requires rules of an entirely different nature from those required by treatment - institutions , which are manipula- tive . The rules which govern institutions ...
... tion of institutions which exist to be used rather than to produce something requires rules of an entirely different nature from those required by treatment - institutions , which are manipula- tive . The rules which govern institutions ...
Page 76
... tion , instruction , and entertainment . But it can also be used for the telephone or the postal service , which are primarily accessible to individuals who want to send messages to one another . I wish we had another word to designate ...
... tion , instruction , and entertainment . But it can also be used for the telephone or the postal service , which are primarily accessible to individuals who want to send messages to one another . I wish we had another word to designate ...
Contents
Why We Must Disestablish School | 1 |
Phenomenology of School | 25 |
Ritualization of Progress | 34 |
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