Nemesi medica. L'espropriazione della salute

Ilych can easily be dismissed as a radical, a curmudgeon, or a blowhard by people who don't want to hear his sharp and penetrating critiques of two core social institutions--medicine and education. But his work is deeply thoughtful, drives to the theoretical and ideological heart of what ails medica Leggi tutto

Modern discussion about politics, the future, culture, etc. paralyze me. Mass media and the internet facilitate the adoption of easy slogans. Healthcare is a 'right' and we should get as much of it as we want the second we want it. But who defines what healthcare is, or what goal it should work towar Leggi tutto

A verdade é que o Illich escreve bem pra caraleo.

Important book everyone should read. The medical system has failed, is economically unsustainable, and it mostly serves to promote sickness. It really needs drastic change, but we need more people to educate themselves and take back responsibility over their own health. Having worked in the health in Leggi tutto

My office at Loyola sponsored Illich to speak to our pre-med students on which occasion I was introduced to him. At the time, the early nineties, he has a pronounced tumor on his neck for which, I was told, he had received no treatment. Reading this book and presuming it was malignant, I can see why Leggi tutto

review of Ivan Illich's Medical Nemesis by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - July 15-24, 2021 For my complete review go here to "Backlash to Arrogance": https://www.goodreads.com/story/show/... 1st, this bk is truly brilliant. I've been hearing about Illich for a long time, mainly in connection w/ his Des Leggi tutto

There are a few dry, statistics-heavy sections in the book. But I thought the end of the book, Part IV: The Politics of Health, is the clearest presentation I've read yet of Illich's critique of industrial institutions. He argues for institutions that balance the possibilities for autonomous action