Ivan Illich Ivan Illich (1926) studied theology and philosophy at the Greorgian University in Rome and obtained a PhD in history at the University of Salzburg. He came to the US in 1951, where he served as assistant pastor in an Irish-PuertoRican parish in New York City. From 1956 to 1960 he was assigned as vice-rector to the Catholic University of Puerto Rico, where he organized an intensive training center for American priests in Latin American culture. Mr. Illich was co-founder of the widely known and controversial Center for Intercultural Documentation in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and since 1964 he has directed research seminars on 'Institutional Alternatives in a Technological Society', with special focus on Latin America.Ivan Illich has written about a wide range of issues, including eductional sociology, medieval history, social medicine, economic development and unemployment. His publications include: 'Celebration of awareness: a call for institutional revolution' Garden City, Doubleday, New York (1970) 'Tools for conviviality' Calder & Boyars, London (1973); Fontana /Collins, Glasgow (1975) 'Energy and Equity' Calder & Boyars, London (1974) 'Toward a history of needs' Pantheon Books, New York (1978) 'Shadow work' Calder & Boyars, London (1981)

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