Re:Deschooling Society (1970)
by a9h74j on Monday July 13, 2020 @04:48PM
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> I would hope that for consistency, Illich on principle refused to take treatment
If memory serves Illich tolerated (and perhaps died from?) a prominent tumor on his face which he refused to have treated.
(That I would remember him as an exception in part makes your point.)
Apparent confirmation: "His charisma, brilliance and spirituality were clear to anyone who encountered him; these qualities sustained him in a heroic level of activity over the last 10 years in the context of terrible suffering caused by a disfiguring cancer." From the Guardian:
If memory serves Illich tolerated (and perhaps died from?) a prominent tumor on his face which he refused to have treated.
(That I would remember him as an exception in part makes your point.)
Apparent confirmation: "His charisma, brilliance and spirituality were clear to anyone who encountered him; these qualities sustained him in a heroic level of activity over the last 10 years in the context of terrible suffering caused by a disfiguring cancer." From the Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/dec/09/guardianobituar...