'"R-r-read me the last three sentences you have written." It was the summer of 1968, and the voice, slightly accented, with th...

A PDF scan of Deschooling Society, translated into modern Greek, is available for viewing and downloading at Scribd, here . Here is what the...

We've mentioned Gustavo Esteva, a Mexican activist and friend of Ivan Illich, in a previous post, here . Recently, we came across an art...

Another paper referencing Illich has come to our attention: "Outflanking the Bureaucratic Production of Urgency: Ivan Illich and Stanle...

In our last post, we mentioned a radio show in which Jerry Brown, now governor of California and then mayor of Oakland, interviewed Ivan Ill...

The following article appeared in the New York Times for Sept. 17, 2000. A website still exists for We the People , and it provides access t...

An article about Ivan Illich and his notion of convivial tools appeared recently on The Atlantic Monthly's website . In "Why the La...

A man from New Zealand named Tony Ward writes of Ivan Illich on his website, TonyWardEdu.com ("Critical Education Theory and Practice...

The idea of contingency and how that idea evolved over time was a major theme in Illich's thinking, especially as put forth in his final...

An Italian website offers in PDF an article about Illich and, as indicated in its headline, the idea that shaped his thought for many years...