The Challenges of Ivan Illich

Description

This unique collection examines the man Utne Reader has called "the greatest social critic of the twentieth century." The essays—all by people Illich has influenced personally—discuss how his life and thought have affected conceptualization, study, and practice of psychotherapy, notions about education, ideas concerning the historical development of the text, perceptions of technology, as well as other topics. All of Illich's books are discussed and his ideas on education, theology, technology, anarchism, and society are examined in relationship to those of René Girard, Karl Polanyi, Emmanuel Levinas, and Jacques Ellul. Illich's previously unpublished paper offering a new view of conspiracy in European history is included.
Preface and Acknowledgments

PART I. INTRODUCTIONS

1. Reading Ivan Illich
Lee Hoinacki

2. The Challenges of This Collection
Carl Mitcham

PART II. THE PERSON

3. Ivan Illich as We Knew Him in the 1950s
Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, S.J.

4. The Adventure of Publishing Ivan Illich
Marion Boyars

5. On Ivan Illich and His Friends
John L. McKnight

6. Ivan Illich at the Wissenschaftskolleg
Gesine Bottomley

7. In the Shadow of Jerome
Domenico Farias

PART III. ARENAS OF THOUGHT

8. Economy, Subsistence, and Psychological Inquiry
Robert Kugelmann

9. ABC Redux: Or Literacy Matters. And How!
Barry Sanders

10. Ivan Illich's Concept of "Rests": Glimpses of a World Past
David B. Schwartz

11. Hospitality Cannot Be a Challenge
Alfons Garrigós

PART IV. FACING SOCIETY

12. The Mess We're In: How Ivan Illich Revealed to Me That the American Dream Is Actually a Nightmare
Aaron Falbel

13. A Letter on Studying with Master Illich
Madhu Suri Prakash

14. From the Economy to Friendship: My Years Studying Ivan Illich
Eugene J. Burkart

15. Don Quixote in the Contemporary Global Tragicomedy
Alastair Hulbert

PART V. EXTENDING INTERPRETATIONS

16. Energy and the Mystery of Iniquity
Jean Robert

17. Detour and Sacrifice: Ivan Illich and René Girard
Jean-Pierre Dupuy

18. Ivan Illich's Break with the Past
Pieter Tijmes

19. The Quest for Past Somatics
Barbara Duden

PART VI. EPILOGUE

20. The Cultivation of Conspiracy
Ivan Illich

Contributors

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• Religion
• Christianisme
• Ethics in religion
• Philosophy of science
• Christianity

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9780791488294
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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T H E C H A L L E N G E S O F I V A N I L L I C H

T H E C H A L L E N G E S O F I V A N I L L I C H

A C o l l e c t i v e R e f l e c t i o n

Edited by Lee Hoinacki and Carl Mitcham

State University of New York Press

Cover art: “Landscape from Home,” a painting by Emilie Horne. Drawing of Ivan Illich by Gaetano Rasola. Chapter Four, The Advent ure of Publishing Ivan Illich, by Marion Boyars, copyright © Marion Boyars Publishing Ltd. Page 101, the poem “Wild Peavines” is reprinted by permission of Louisiana State Universit y Press fromTopsoil Roadby Robert Morgan. Copyright © 2000 by Robert Morgan.

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Production by Judith Block Marketing by Anne Valentine Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The challenges of Ivan Illich : a collective ref lection / edited by Lee Hoinacki, Carl Mitcham. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-5421-5 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-5422-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Sociology—Philosophy. 2. Illich, Ivan, 1926– I. Hoinacki, Lee, 1928-- II. Mitcham, Carl. HM585 .C447 2002 301'.01—dc21 2001049802

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Preface and Acknowledgments

PART I. INTRODUCTIONS

1. Reading Ivan Illich Lee Hoinacki

C o n t e n t s

2. The Challenges of This Collection Carl Mitcham

PART II. THE PERSON

3. Ivan Illich as We Knew Him in the 1950s Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, S.J.

4. The Advent ure of Publishing Ivan Illich Marion Boyars

5. On Ivan Illich and His Friends John L. McKnight

6. Ivan Illich at theWissenschaftskolleg Gesine Bottomley

7. In the Shadow of Jerome Domenico Farias

PART III. ARENAS OF THOUGHT

8. Economy, Subsistence, and Psychological Inquir y Robert Kugelmann

9. ABC Redux: Or Literacy Matters. And How! Barry Sanders

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10. Ivan Illich’s Concept of “Rests”: Glimpses of a World Past David B. Schwartz

11. Hospitalit y Cannot Be a Challenge Alfons Garrigós

PART IV. FACING SOCIETY

12. The Mess We’re In: How Ivan Illich Revealed to Me That the American Dream Is Act ually a Nightmare Aaron Falbel

13. A Letter on St udying with Master Illich Madhu Suri Prakash

14. From the Economy to Friendship: My Years St udying Ivan Illich Eugene J. Burkart

15. Don Quixote in the Contemporar y Global Tragicomedy Alastair Hulbert

PART V. EXTENDING INTERPRETATIONS

16. Energy and the Myster y of Iniquit y Jean Robert

17. Detour and Sacrifice: Ivan Illich and René Girard Jean-Pierre Dupuy

18. Ivan Illich’s Break with the Past Pieter Tijmes

19. The Quest for Past Somatics Barbara Duden

PART VI. EPILOGUE

20. The Cultivation of Conspiracy Ivan Illich

Contributors

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P r e f a c e a n d A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s

This book had its genesis on the occasion of Ivan Illich’s seventieth birthday in 1996 when a small group of friends at Pennsylvania State Universit y sought to ref lect on the implications of his work. We took as our theme the phrase “No Easy Answers” because that was precisely our state of mind. In many ways it still is. A year later we sought to expand the collective ref lection by inviting more than fift y colleagues from the Americas, Europe, and Asia to share their own perspectives on this theme. The result was almost thirt y contributions, only about half of which we have been able fi- nally to bring together here. Although the outgrowth of multiple friendships, this work has been a difficult undertaking. We especially want to apologize to those whose contributions were not able to be included. Space limitations forced us to exclude much more than we would have liked. Indeed, our hope is to be able to find another venue to publish another se- lection of those contributions that continue to be offered. In addition to this volume’s contributors, including the artists and translators and three anonymous reviewers, we would like to recognize Richard Devon of the Pennsylvania State Universit y for the generous provision of office space and materi- als; Karen Snare of the same institution for her many-sided assistance at all times; and Arthur Sacks of the Division of Liberal Arts and International St udies at the Col- orado School of Mines for his support. We also wish to thank Abby Hoats for her friendly and efficient work in text composition. The volume itself is a testimony of our multiple intellect ual debts to Ivan Illich. Indeed, each of us has been richly gifted by his friendship. Lee Hoinacki would like to thank Judith Van Herik for the various dimensions of her hospitalit y while he was in State College, Pennsylvania, and Barbara Duden for her warm hospitalit y while he was in Bremen, Germany—the t wo places where he has worked most extensively on this book.

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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Carl Mitcham would like to express his gratit ude to the large circle of Illich friends—from Valentina Borremans, Peter Bohn, Barbara Duden, Robert Duggan, SezerGöncüo¯gluandSemiEser,HansAchterhuis,DanaStuchul,andJerryBrown— all of whom have hosted conversations enriching the ref lections embedded in this collection.

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