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H2O & The Waters of Forgetfulness - Couverture souple

Illich, Ivan

 
9780714528540: H2O & The Waters of Forgetfulness
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0714528544 ISBN 13 : 9780714528540
Editeur : Marion Boyars, 2005

Synopsis

Philosopher and social analyst Ivan Illich, one of the most influential thinkers of second half of this century, directs his attention to water, the 'stuff' of purity and the creative force of the imagination without which life in unthinkable. He deals with the dual nature of water, as life-giving material substance and as the wellspring of form, on which are founded the most basic myths and cultural manifestations: water as cleanser, water as domestic necessity and water as a religious and spiritual force.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Philosopher and social analyst Ivan Illich, one of the most influential thinkers of second half of this century, directs his attention to water, the 'stuff' of purity and the creative force of the imagination without which life in unthinkable. He deals with the dual nature of water, as life-giving material substance and as the wellspring of form, on which are founded the most basic myths and cultural manifestations: water as cleanser, water as domestic necessity and water as a religious and spiritual force.

Biographie de l'auteur

Ivan Illich is the author of Celebration of Awareness, Tools for Conviviality, The Right to Useful Unemployment, Energy and Equity, Limits to Medicine, Shadow Work, Gender, H2O and the Waters of Forgetfulness, ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind, Disabling Professions, Deschooling Society and In the Mirror of the Past: Lectures and Addresses 1978-1990.

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Éditeur
Marion Boyars
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0714528544
ISBN 13 
9780714528540
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
98
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