Illich, Tools for Conviviality (40 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Tools for Conviviality was published only two years after Deschooling Society. In this work, Illich generalized the themes that he had previously applied to the field of education: the institutionalization of specialized knowledge, the dominant role of technocratic elites in industrial society, and the need to develop new instruments for the reconquest of practical knowledge by the average citizen. Illich proposed that we should 'invert the present deep structure of tools' in order to give people tools that guarantee their right to work with independent efficiency.' Tools for Conviviality attracted worldwide attention. A resume of it was published by French social philosopher Andre Gorz in Les Temps Modernes, under the title 'Freeing the Future'. The book's vision of tools that would be developed and maintained by a community of users had significant influence of the first developers of the personal computer, notably Lee Felsentein. Illich wrote: 'I choose the term 'conviviality' to designate the opposite of industrial productivity. I intend it to mean autonomous and creative intercourse among persons, and the intercourse of persons with their environment, and this in contrast with the conditioned response of persons to the demands made upon them by others, and by a man-made environment. I consider conviviality to be the individual freedom realized in personal interdependence and, as such, an intrinsic ethical value. I believe that, in any society, as conviviality is reduced below a certain level, no amount of industrial productivity can effectively satisfy the needs it creates among society's members.' The conviviality for which noted social philosopher Ivan Illich is arguing is one in which the individual's personal energies are under direct personal control and in which the use of tools irresponsibly limited. A work of seminal importance, this book claims our attention for the urgency of its appeal, the stunning clarity of its logic and the overwhelming human note that it sounds. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, no markings of any kind.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket edited by Rugh Nanda Anshen.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.26.

Paperback. Condition: New. Dalmatian-Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest, and radical cultural critic Ivan Illich is best known for polemical writings such as Deschooling Society and Tools for Conviviality, which decried Western institutions of the 1970s. This collection brings together Illich's shorter writings from his early publications through the rise of his remarkable intellectual career, making available works that had fallen into undue obscurity.A fervent critic of Western Catholicism, Illich also addressed contemporary practices in fields from education and medicine to labor and socioeconomic development. At the heart of his work is his opposition to the imperialistic nature of state- and Church-sponsored missionary activities. His deep understanding of Church history, particularly the institutions of the thirteenth century, lent a historian's perspective to his critique of the Church and other twentieth-century institutions.The Powerless Church and Other Selected Writings, 1955-1985 comprises some of Illich's most salient and influential short works as well as a foreword by philosopher Giorgio Agamben. Featuring writings that had previously appeared in now-defunct publications, this volume is an indispensable resource for readers of Illich's longer works and for scholars of philosophy, religion, and cultural critique.

Condition: Good. 1974. Second Impression. 110 pages. No dust jacket. Grey paper covered boards. The Open Forum Series. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and mildfoxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Heavy tanning to spine. Notable scratching and marking to boards. Sticker to rear board.

verschiedene. Es wird darauf verzichtet, die Bücher im einzelnen zu beschreiben1, 3, 4 Okrt., 2, 5, 6 Opbd, Ou.zwischen 157 und 434 S., Kl. Bzw. 8°. 1, 2 mit altersspuren, sonst gute, saubere Exemplare. Abgabe der 6 Titel nur zusammen Z. T. mit Literatur, Registern etc. Sprache: dt. ca. 1500 Gramm. Buch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Ivan Illich (1926 - 2002) became a parish priest in New York in 1951. He was appointed vice-rector of the Catholic University in Puerto Rico in 1956. In 1961 he founded CIDOC (Centro Intercultural de Documentación) at Cuernavaca in Mexico where he developed many of the ideas in his books. He is the author of Celebration of Awareness, Tools for Conviviality, The Right to Useful Unemployment, Energy and Equity, Shadow Work, Gender, H2O and the Waters of Forgetfulness, ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind, Disabling Professions, Deschooling Society and In the Mirror of the Past.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Very Good with regular shelf/age wear. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear text. Tanning throughout. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Carefully wrapped on a protective acetate cover to prevent further damage.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xiii, 120. Original publisher's black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: New. New. Very little shelfwear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Social Studies.

Condition: near fine. Pbk, 110pp, spine shows a bit of sunfading, otherwise a new and unread copy, excellent clean tight unmarked as new.

Condition: Good. Peter Goodfellow (illustrator). n.e. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardback. Condition: New. Dalmatian-Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest, and radical cultural critic Ivan Illich is best known for polemical writings such as Deschooling Society and Tools for Conviviality, which decried Western institutions of the 1970s. This collection brings together Illich's shorter writings from his early publications through the rise of his remarkable intellectual career, making available works that had fallen into undue obscurity.A fervent critic of Western Catholicism, Illich also addressed contemporary practices in fields from education and medicine to labor and socioeconomic development. At the heart of his work is his opposition to the imperialistic nature of state- and Church-sponsored missionary activities. His deep understanding of Church history, particularly the institutions of the thirteenth century, lent a historian's perspective to his critique of the Church and other twentieth-century institutions.The Powerless Church and Other Selected Writings, 1955-1985 comprises some of Illich's most salient and influential short works as well as a foreword by philosopher Giorgio Agamben. Featuring writings that had previously appeared in now-defunct publications, this volume is an indispensable resource for readers of Illich's longer works and for scholars of philosophy, religion, and cultural critique.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Small 8vo. Pp xiii, 110, 2-page publisher's catalogue. Original cloth. Coffee cup stain to rear board, light rubbing to edges. Internally clean and sound.

7" x 4" softcover, pictorial card covers, 125pp.fine condition, edges and early and late pages foxed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Hardcover; 8vo; 110 pages. First edition thus. Grey cloth with white and teal titles. Gently rubbed edges. Bright and clean interior. In a black and blue jacket, b&w titles, some sticker residue on spine and front, lightly bumped edges. VG+/G+. Book.