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"Ivan Illich (pronounced /ɪˈvɑːn ˈɪlɪtʃ/[1]) (Vienna, 4 September 1926 - Bremen, 2 December 2002) was an Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest and critic of the institutions of contemporary western culture and their effects on the provenance and practice of education, medicine, work, energy use, and economic development."

See also http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-illic.htm infed.org is a good resource on many topics

"But Illich's message in Tools for Conviviality is to manage the power of technology: not to usurp it, but in certain cases restrict it. This is partly because any usurping would inevitably be done by a more powerful technology, thus increasing the pathology of technological power, not managing it."

Here is the infed article on "curriculum theory and practice." I added a link to infed article on Illich as a "comment" under Matthieu's post. It's a good source to explore on many topics.

Here's the Youtube video discussed at the bottom of p. 113 in Kamenetz.