The Rivers North of the Future

Download or read book The Rivers North of the Future written by Ivan Illich and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2005 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative new book, respected Canadian journalist David Cayley compiles and reflects upon the thoughts of Ivan Illich, one of the 20th century's most visionary cultural critics. Illich believed that the West could only be understood as a corruption of the Christian New Testament. Cayley presents Illich's exploration of this idea, illuminating Illich's thoughts on the criminalization of sin, on how the Church has become a template for the modern nation-state, and how contemporary society has become a congealed and corrupted Christianity. These critiques are as timely and valuable as Illich's prescription for fixing them.