Care, Friendship, Hospitality: Reflections on the Thought of Ivan Illich

Over the past couple of months, believing that Ivan Illich’s thought indeed spoke with renewed urgency to our moment, I’ve revisited two of his earliest and best known books, Tools for Conviviality and Deschooling Society. Three key themes caught my attention this time around and I thought it might be useful to discuss them here, even if only briefly.

The Convivial Society Care, Friendship, Hospitality: Reflections on the Thought of Ivan Illich 45 4 7 1× 0:00 Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -28:33 -28:33 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Care, Friendship, Hospitality: Reflections on the Thought of Ivan Illich L. M. Sacasas Aug 26, 2020 45 4 7 Share “There are two ranges in the growth of tools: the range within which machines are used to extend human capability and the range in which they are used to contract, eliminate, or replace human functions. In the first, man as an individual can exercise authority on h

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