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Ivan Illich’s *Deschooling Society* offers a scathing critique of conventional schooling systems, questioning their social, educational, and philosophical foundations. The work argues that institutional education suppresses individual autonomy and proposes radical alternatives to promote true learning and social transformation.
First publish date: 1971
Genre: Education & Language/Education
Authors: Ivan Illich
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