Austrian-born philosopher and Roman Catholic priest whose Deschooling Society (1971) argued that compulsory schooling had become a self-serving institution that confuses credentialing with learning and manufactures social inequality, calling instead for decentralized, voluntary learning webs. His radical critique became foundational to liberationist and deschooling movements in education.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionIn Deschooling Society (1971), argued that compulsory mass schooling manufactures dependence and inequality rather than genuine learning, and called for informal learning webs outside institutional control. 1 Notable WorkDeschooling Society (1971) 1 Ivan Illich
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Illich's Deschooling Society (1971) became foundational to the liberationist and deschooling movements in education, per Illich's own live entity-description.
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His radical critique became foundational to liberationist and deschooling movements in education.
Antipedagogy (Wikipedia)
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The development of antipedagogical perspectives has also been influenced and contributed to by representatives of the theory of school abolition, such as Ivan Illich
Ivan Illich (Wikipedia)
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His 1971 book Deschooling Society criticises modern society's institutional approach to education, an approach that he argued demotivates and alienates individuals from the process of learning.
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