Produced Childhood — Ivan Illich

“If there was no age-specific and obligatory learning, ‘childhood’ would go out of production."

Ivan Illich

Deschooling society

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Keywords for this Quote:

School, Education, Schooling, Learning, System, Child, Childhood, Obligatory,

 

Source:

Illich, Ivan. (2000). Deschooling society. London: Marion Boyers Publishers Ltd.
Non-Fiction. Print. Page 28.

My Thoughts about this Quote:

The thought that childhood is a rather new and produced phenomenon, is not a new one.

Illich is of the opinion that by categorizing some into the category of childhood, it was possible to get them to  "submit to the authority of a schoolteacher."

More Background Information for this Quote:

Author: Ivan Illich
Title: Deschooling society
Language: English
Genres: Education, Teaching, Schools, Education Theory, Philosophy, Social Aspects, Politics, Social Sciences, Sociology, Government, Non-Fiction
Series: Open Forum S
Category: Book, Print, Paperback
Pages: 10
On Page: 28
Publisher: Marion Boyers Publishers Ltd (2000, London)
ISBN-10: 0714508799
ISBN-13: 9780714508795
Edition: First published 1971. New edition edition.
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