Doorways
There are many persons and collectives thinking with Illich. This section compiles links to online materials that are more or less explicitly by and about Ivan Illich. To share a link or to report a broken link, write to [email protected]
Doorways
There are many persons and collectives thinking with Illich. This section compiles links to online materials that are more or less explicitly by and about Ivan Illich. To share a link or to report a broken link, write to [email protected]
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ONLINE MATERIALS BY ILLICH
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ONLINE MATERIALS ABOUT ILLICH
Talks by Ivan Illich
-- Ivan Illich’s 1972 conversation with Jean-Marie Domenach about the myth of Pandora, Prometheus, and Epimetheus
-- Ivan Illich talks about the Limits to Medicine
-- Ivan Illich speaks on Water and the history of the senses
-- Ivan Illich in conversation with David Cayley: the best introduction to the man and his ideas
-- Ivan Illich on The Good Samaritan
-- Ivan Illich on The Corruption of Christianity
-- Ivan Illich discusses the distinction between Instrument and System
Books by Ivan Illich
-- Ivan Illich’s books published by Marion Boyars (Consult both pages)
-- The Powerless Church and Other Selected Writings, 1955-1985, compiled by Valentina Borremans & Sajay Samuel, Penn State University Press 2019
⍈ https://www.firstthings.com/media/ivan-illich-and-the-powerless-church
-- Opera Omnia (Complete Works) of Illich in Italian is underway. General editor: Giorgio Agamben, curator: Fabio Milana, publisher: Neri Pozza. First volume titled Celebrare la consapevolezza was published in 2020 and here is an interview with Fabio Milana about the book and the man.
Books
-- David Cayley - Ivan Illich: an Intellectual Journey, Penn State Press, 2021
⍈ https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2021/04/a-testament-to-friendship/
⍈ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PwSGzSe8QU
-- John Baldachino, Educing Ivan Illich: Reform, Contingency and Disestablishment, Peter Lang, 2020.
-- Jean Michel Djian explains his recently published book: Ivan Illich: L’homme qui a Libéré L’avenir, Seuil, 2020 (in French)
⍈ Jean-Michel Djian - Ivan Illich : l'homme qui a libéré l'avenir
-- Samuel Ewell, Faith Seeking Conviviality: Reflections on Ivan Illich, Christian Mission, and the Promise of Life Together, Cascade Books, 2019
-- Jean Robert - L'Età dei Sistemi nel pensiero dell’ultimo Illich, Museo dei, Hermaten, 2019
-- Franco La Cecla, Ivan Illich e l’Arte de Vivere, Eleuthera, 2018
-- Silvia Grunig Irribaren, Ivan Illich Pour une Ville Conviviale?, Bord de L’Eau, 2018
-- Humberto Beck - Otra Modernidad es posible: El pensamiento de Iván Illich, Cadabra, 2017
--Todd Hartch The Prophet of Cuernavaca, Oxford University Press 2015
-- Thierry Paquot discusses his French book, Introduction a Ivan Illich, Edition la Decouverte, 2012
-- Illich’s name has swirled in the debates and opinions on the pandemic. A set of these edited by Gustavo Esteva and Aldo Zanchetta was recently published and favorably reviewed.
-- Lastly, the Cayley interview in 1992 published as Conversation with Ivan Illich has been published in a new Italian translation.
-- Rosa Bruno-Jofré & Jon Igelmo Zaldívar, IVAN ILLICH FIFTY YEARS LATER: SITUATING DESCHOOLING SOCIETY IN HIS INTELLECTUAL AND PERSONAL JOURNEY, University of Toronto Press, 2022
Meetings & Conferences
-- Remembering Illich: a conversation between Michael Sacasas and David Cayley
-- Jean Robert on, Ivan Illich: ¿Teólogo o pensador de la herramienta? (Theologian or thinker of Tools?) Mexico, 2019.
-- Babette Babich discusses Ivan Illich’s Vineyard of the Text
-- Three part seminar on Illich’s thought, Penn State University, December 2018
The Question of Political Theology
-- Pro-memoria Ivan Illich Conference 2012, Bologna Italy
-- Pourquoi penser avec Ivan Illich? Thierry Paquot and Barbara Duden discuss the relevance of Illich, in Nantes 2012
-- Vivre et penser avec Ivan Illich. Dix ans après, in Nantes, France 2012
-- John McKnight talks about his encounter with Ivan Illich in Cincinnati, 2009
-- Jean Robert speaks on La convivencialidad en la edad de los sistemas, (Conviviality in the Age of Systems) Cuernavaca 2007
--2012 Symposium: Radical Nemesis: Re-Envisioning Ivan Illich's Theories on Social Institutions at the Western New England University School of Law
-- Oakland Table: a seminar series organized for Jerry Brown (former governor of California) by Ivan Illich and a group of close collaborators (2000-2001).
Illich related materials on the web
-- For over two decades, David Cayley has masterfully engaged Ivan Illich in illuminating conversations. Numerous podcasts and essays on Illich can be found on his website
-- Michael Sacasas maintains a vibrant newsletter titled The Convivial Society aimed at exploring the relation between digital technology and culture. The title indicates the significance of Illich’s thinking to that effort.
-- John Winslow Verity was an ardent and devoted compiler of Illich writings. For a time, his blog—New Scare City—served as perhaps the only ‘place’ to which all those interested in Illich’s ideas could turn. His widow generously maintains this still invaluable site.
-- David Tinapple‘s compilation of book, articles, and audio recordings by Ivan Illich.
-- 10 selected podcasts on Ivan Illich at the Owl Tail
-- David Bollier’s website is a repository for contemporary efforts to rethink the commons and the activity of commoning
-- Gustavo Esteva, is a “deprofessionalized intellectual” is at the center of efforts to think about life after Development. He founded the Universidad de la Tierra
--- Common Good collective attempts to restore the commons. Its founders, who include John McKnight —a close friend of Illich, are in conversation with a group of practitioners of alternative modes of living and thinking.
--- Dougald Hine, itinerant thinker and community builder, counts Illich as one of his shaping influences.
--- Tim Lacy of the Society for US Intellectual History on Ivan Illich
International Journal of Illich Studies
A peer-reviewed academic journal housed at Penn State University