Deschooling Society

ISBN-13:	9780714508795
Publisher:	Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Publication date:	07/01/2000
Series:	Open Forum S
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	150
Sales rank:	174,015
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.40(d)

Schools have failed our individual needs, supporting false and misleading notions of 'progress' and development fostered by the belief that ever-increasing production, consumption and profit are proper yardsticks for measuring the quality of human life. Our universities have become recruiting centers for the personnel of the consumer society, certifying citizens for service, while at the same time disposing of those judged unfit for the competitive rat race. In this bold and provocative book, Illich suggest some radical and exciting reforms for the education system.