Informationen zum Autor Ivan Illich (1926-2002) was an Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest, and critic of technological society and the unacknowledged axioms of the modern mind. He was appointed vice-rector of the Catholic University in Puerto Rico in 1956. In 1961, Illich founded the Centro Intercultural de Documentacion (CIDOC) at Cuernavaca, Mexico, where he developed many of his ideas. He is the author of many books including Limits to Medicine, Deschooling Society, Disabling Professions, Celebration of Awareness, Tools for Conviviality, Energy and Equity, Shadow Work, Gender, H2O and the Waters of Forgetfulness and ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind.Sajay Samuel is Associate Professor of Accounting at Pennsylvania State University, and lives in the USA.Jerry Brown is Governor of the State of California, and lives in Oakland, CA. Klappentext Ivan Illich's theories on the effectiveness of cars, air travel and energy showed that industrial progress hampers speed and efficiency. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, by Jerry Brown, Governor of California Introduction, by Sajay Samuel The War against Subsistence, by Ivan Illich (from Shadow Work)Shadow Work, by Ivan Illich (from Shadow Work)Energy and Equity, by Ivan Illich The Social Construction of Energy, by Ivan Illich

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Ivan Illich's theories on the effectiveness of cars, air travel and energy showed that industrial progress hampers speed and efficiency.

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Preface, by Jerry Brown, Governor of California
Introduction, by Sajay Samuel
The War against Subsistence, by Ivan Illich (from Shadow Work)
Shadow Work, by Ivan Illich (from Shadow Work)
Energy and Equity, by Ivan Illich
The Social Construction of Energy, by Ivan Illich