Celebration Of Awareness: A Call For Institutional Reform3 reviews Ivan Illich Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2001 This is undoubtedly a life-changing book. + A must-read! + mind blowing. I can't say enough about the importance of this book. In short, Illich makes the point that there is a way in which the so-called "Third World" countries can avoid industrialization, and move directly into the post-industrialist state that the developed world is headed. There is no doubt in my ...             The Technological Society14 reviews Jacques Ellul Vintage, 1967 Technique - the bedrock of the modern world + Jacques Ellul NOT a Catholic layman + Ellul and Technique + Amazing             The Post-Development Reader4 reviews Zed Books, 1997 Mandatory Reading + Best of Post-development Perspectives + Diverse, multi-faceted + Must have             Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man28 reviews Marshall McLuhan, Lewis H. Lapham The MIT Press, 1994 A WORLD WITHOUT WALLS + timeless work, more applicable to today than ever... + An Insightful Gaze at the Involution of the World + One of the top ten thinkers of all time + Indispensable and Infuriating -- In Short, What a Book Should Be             The Great Transformation16 reviews Karl Polanyi Beacon Press, 2001 a stark utopia indeed + The GreatTransformation + Origins of Factor Markets + The Origins of Factor Markets             Energy and Equity (Ideas in Progress)1 review Ivan Illich Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2000 radical thinking on energy Ivan Illich studied theology and philosophy in Rome, and earned a PhD in history in Salzburg. His career was one of political activism as a philosopher, writer, and a Catholic. He spent most of his life in the United States and Mexico, where he founded a center in Cuernavaca. Like much of ...             Deschooling Society (Open Forum)13 reviews Ivan Illich Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2000 A Brilliant Founding Book of the Homeschooling Movement + Keep the radical alive! + "The Observer" was correct - This book is "Good radical stuff" + Not necessary, but should still be a 'valid' way to learn             Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes18 reviews Jacques Ellul Vintage, 1973 Orwell's 1984 = fiction; Ellul's Propaganda = prophecy + Brave New World? + Absolutely brilliant!!! + A classic work that is relevant today + Monumental!             Tools for Conviviality (Open Forum)3 reviews Ivan Illich Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2000 This is undoubtedly a life-changing book. + A must-read! + mind blowing. I can't say enough about the importance of this book. In short, Illich makes the point that there is a way in which the so-called "Third World" countries can avoid industrialization, and move directly into the post-industrialist state that the developed world is headed. There is no doubt in my ...             Ivan Illich in Conversation6 reviews David Cayley House Of Anansi, 1992 Common Sense + Leaves you wanting more + Appetizer The New York Times has been of many minds about Ivan Illich, beginning with its review of "Deschooling Society" in 1971. According to The Times' December 4, 2002 obituary of Illich, the Times reviewer found the book to be "'a mind-bending litany of abstraction' and a distraction from schools' all ...             Who Cares?: Rediscovering Community2 reviews David B Schwartz Westview Press, 1997 "A practical and magical book" - The Bloomsbury Review + The Quest for Community Our society has many official, paid, credentialed experts working on the problems of the world. Instead, according to this blueprint for radical, direct, and loving action, we each need to do what we can and not wait for official solutions. By creating connections with each other - friend, ...             Pentagon Of Power: The Myth Of The Machine, Vol. II4 reviews Lewis Mumford Harvest Books, 1974 Rage Against the Mega-Machine + vital books + A Prophetic piece of work? + A damn good read             The Portable Thoreau (Penguin Classics)7 reviews Henry David Thoreau Penguin Books, 1964 Must Read + Nice Size + great value + 'My life has been the poem I would have writ'             The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Modern Library Classics)16 reviews Ralph Waldo Emerson Modern Library, 2000 Nietzsche's Mentor + Excellent essays, but poorly edited + Eye Opening Essays + One of the absolute classics + Hail o American sage!!!             The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power6 reviews Zed Books, 1991 Paradigmmatic Transcendence + This book is the best investment you can make - it liberates thought + Mandatory Reading + Heads up             Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis, the Expropriation of Health3 reviews Ivan Illich Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2000 Another brilliant, well-written book by Illich! + medicine can be toxic in excess + Ivan Illich and Modern Medicine In this book, much like Deschooling Society, Illich attacks the issue from all sides. He consistenly provides an excellent argument with examples, statistics, and well-done research. Though this book is not quite as fast-paced as Deschooling Society, it is equally engaging. Illich not only ...             Tools for Conviviality (Open Forum)3 reviews Ivan Illich Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2000 This is undoubtedly a life-changing book. + A must-read! + mind blowing. I can't say enough about the importance of this book. In short, Illich makes the point that there is a way in which the so-called "Third World" countries can avoid industrialization, and move directly into the post-industrialist state that the developed world is headed. There is no doubt in my ...             The Portable Thoreau (Penguin Classics)7 reviews Henry David Thoreau Penguin Books, 1964 Must Read + Nice Size + great value + 'My life has been the poem I would have writ'             The Technological Society14 reviews Jacques Ellul Vintage, 1967 Technique - the bedrock of the modern world + Jacques Ellul NOT a Catholic layman + Ellul and Technique + Amazing             The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power6 reviews Zed Books, 1991 Paradigmmatic Transcendence + This book is the best investment you can make - it liberates thought + Mandatory Reading + Heads up