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Ivan Illich's "Deschooling Society" (Part 1/2)

Theory & Philosophy

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The Myth of Self Perpetuating Progress

He says that the drop out whose fervor reminded of what he missed and the graduate who's made to feel inferior to the new breed of student know exactly where they stand in the ritual of rising deceptions. The school-induced expectation of the kingdom, on the other hand, is impersonal rather than prophetic, and universal rather than local. Man has become the engineer of his own Messiah reign and promises unlimited reward of science to those who submit to progressive engineering for his reign.

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