CIDOC Cuaderno No. 1016: The Breakdown of Schools by Ivan Illich
Illich, Ivan. 1971. The Breakdown of Schools. Centro Intercultural de Documentacion (CIDOC) 1016. Apdo. 479. Cuernavaca, Mexico.
The contents of this cuaderno are almost exactly the same as those of Deschooling Society, published by Illich in 1970 & 1971 (New York: Harper & Row). The table of contents is reproduced below to show the overlap. Reproduced here to show the close proximity to the meetings with Brün, Von Foerster, Maturana, and Pask.
The above is the table of contents from this cuaderno.
The Below is the table of contents from Illich’s Deschooling Society (1970):
Introduction xix
1. Why We Must Disestablish School 1
2. Phenomenology of School 25
3. Ritualization of Progress 34
4. Institutional Spectrum 52
5. Irrational Consistencies 65
6. Learning Webs 72
7. Rebirth of Epimethan Man 105
Observe the similarity.
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