The Prophet of Cuernavaca
Ivan Illich and the Crisis of the West
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 16 April 2015
- ISBN 9780190204563
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages256 pages
- Size 236x160x27 mm
- Weight 476 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book offers the first biography of Catholic priest and radical social critic Ivan Illich, who skewered the institutions of the West in the 1970s.
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Catholic priest and radical social critic Ivan Illich is best known for books like Deschooling Society and Medical Nemesis that skewered the dominant institutions of the West in the 1970s. Although commissioned in 1961 by American bishops to run a missionary training center in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Illich emerged as one of the major critics of the missionary movement. As he became a more controversial figure, his center evolved into CIDOC (Centro Intercultural de Documentación), an informal university that attracted a diverse group of intellectuals and seekers from around the world. They came to Illich's center to learn Spanish, to attend seminars, and to sit at the feet of Illich, whose relentless criticism of the Catholic Church and modern Western culture resonated with the revolutionary spirit of the times. His 1967 article, "The Seamy Side of Charity," a harsh attack on the American missionary effort in Latin America, and other criticisms of the Church led to a trial at the Vatican in 1968, after which he left the priesthood. Illich's writings struck at the foundations of western society, and envisioned utopian transformations in the realms of education, transportation, medicine, and economics. He was an inspiration to a generation of liberation theologians and other left-wing intellectuals. Todd Hartch traces the development of Illich's ideas from his work as a priest through his later secular period.
Hartch captures Illich's rare intellect and passion- as well as his Catholic faith- without succumbing to the ideological commentary that mars so many analyses of one of Western culture's most incisive social critics. I strongly recommend this book to young readers who seek an introduction to Illich, as well as to those like me who thought they already knew him.
Table of Contents:
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Wrong Man for the Job
2. The Center for Intercultural Formation
3. Battle for Influence
4. Liberating Mission
5. Crisis
6. Decline of the Missionary Initiative
7. CIDOC
8. Breaking the Spell
9. Grammar of Silence
Conclusion
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