Illich's theories on the effectiveness of cars, air travel, and energy showed that industrial progress actually hampers the speed and effectiveness we have as people who were born capable of walking to our desired destinations. Roads, airports, stations, traffic jams, all take away the benefits of u[...]

In this provocative new book, respected Canadian journalist David Cayley compiles and reflects upon the thoughts of Ivan Illich, one of the 20th century's most visionary cultural critics. Illich believed that the West could only be understood as a corruption of the Christian New Testament. Cayley pr[...]

The ?Emerging Perspectives? offers answers by a top group of experts to the question, ?Where is judgment and decision research heading as we forge into the 21st century?? The chapters represent state-of-the art perspectives developed by some of the most innovative thinkers in the field. The book is [...]

Why do we put so many resources into medicine, education and law with so little apparent benefit? Why do we hold the professions in awe and allow them to set up what are in effect monopolies? This fascinating and controversial collection of essays challenges the power and the mystique of the modern [...]

Original essays explore the thought and influence of philosopher, educator, social critic, and theologian Ivan Illich. BACKCOVER: This unique collection examines the man Utne Reader has called the greatest social critic of the twentieth century. The essays-all but one written by people who knew Illi[...]