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    Cover of Disabling professions

    Disabling professions

    Ivan Illich · 2005

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    1recommend
    2mentions
    2people
    2011–2018years
    50% recommend50% neutral

    Mentions per year

    20112012201320142015201620172018

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    1. bpicheMay 2018
      my man ivan illich strongly agreed with you in his 'disabling professions', which you may enjoy. he generally argued that many of our needs are manufactured by various institutionalized forms of care (healthcare, education, transportation) which respectively reduce our abilities to care for, educate, and move ourselves around.
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    2. fleitzMar 2011
      Not sure haven't read that work of his. Right now I'm finishing off Disabling Professions by Ivan Illich which looks at how professions are a continuation of the learned helplessness that schooling helps to instill.
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