Originale: Kevin Carson, The Thought of Ivan Illich: A Libertarian Analysis. Traduzione italiana di Enrico Sanna Versione stampabile pdf Nota del traduttore Per le citazioni tratte dai libri di Ivan Illich mi sono basato, per quanto mi è stato possibile, sulle edizioni in italiano. In alcuni casi, soprattutto quando le citazioni sono molto brevi, non…

According to Matthew’s gospel, Jesus used a colorful metaphor to condemn the scribes and Pharisees for scrupulously obsessing over minor points of the law like tithing their herbs, while ignoring weightier matters: “Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.” The same metaphor could describe right-libertarians’ approach to transportation policy. A…

      Introduction: Two Kinds of Society Illich’s most common term for the kind of society or mode of production he is critiquing is “industrial age.” The overall theme of his projected future writing, he notes, is “an epilogue to the industrial age.” I want to describe the fading monopoly of the industrial mode…