The Right to Useful Unemployment and Its Professional EnemiesMonograph on a philosophy for restoring quality of life to modern society - contends that autonomous activities, in which both rich and poor people might find a sense of creativity and freedom, have been thwarted by professionalism, technocracy, and the pursuit of productivity. |
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Ivan Illich. [ 4 ] EQUITY IN USEFUL UNEMPLOYMENT At present , every new need that is professionally certified translates sooner or later into a right . The political pressure for the enactment of each right generates new jobs ...
Ivan Illich. [ 4 ] EQUITY IN USEFUL UNEMPLOYMENT At present , every new need that is professionally certified translates sooner or later into a right . The political pressure for the enactment of each right generates new jobs ...
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... unemployment that is increasingly denied to the great majority . The insist- ence on the right to be taken care of and supplied has almost turned into the right of industries and profes- sions to conquer clients , to supply them with ...
... unemployment that is increasingly denied to the great majority . The insist- ence on the right to be taken care of and supplied has almost turned into the right of industries and profes- sions to conquer clients , to supply them with ...
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... grandfather could have imagined . Henceforth the quality of a society and of its culture will depend on the status of its unemployed : will they be the most representative productive citi- zens , 84 THE RIGHT TO USEFUL UNEMPLOYMENT.
... grandfather could have imagined . Henceforth the quality of a society and of its culture will depend on the status of its unemployed : will they be the most representative productive citi- zens , 84 THE RIGHT TO USEFUL UNEMPLOYMENT.
Contents
Foreword | 7 |
Disabling Professions | 38 |
Enabling Distinctions | 65 |
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