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Tags: Education, Lang:en
Summary
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. **