Born in Vienna in 1926, Illich grew up in south-central Europe. He studied natural science, philosophy, theology, and history.
During the 1950s he worked as a parish priest among Puerto Ricans in New York City, then served as vice-rector of the Catholic University of Puerto Rico. During the 1960s he founded centers for cross- cultural studies, first in Puerto Rico then in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
During the 1970s his Centro Intercultural de Documentación (CIDOC) became an internationally respected focus for intellectual discussion. In the 1980s he divided his time between Mexico, the United States, and Germany.
He held an appointment as Visiting Professor of Philosophy and of Science, Technology, and Society at Penn State. He also taught at the University of Bremen. He died in 2002.
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Thoughts on Schooling Posted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 26 May 2004
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Thoughts on Schooling
Ivan Illich (1926 - 2002)
