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Ivan Illich: Rebirth of Epimethean Man

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Julius Gavroche

As yet another COP gathering closes, with no end in sight to increasing carbon emissions, to the glee of the fossil fuel industries; as the promise of a “green” energy transition unmasks its own inexhaustible demands on an expanding, violent … Continue reading →

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Giorgio Agamben: The snail’s shell

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

A snail, after adding a number of widening rings to the delicate structure of its shell, suddenly brings its accustomed building activities to a stop. A single additional ring would increase the size of the shell sixteen times. Instead of … Continue reading →

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Reading the coronavirus with Ivan Illich

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Autonomies welcomes a text generously shared by David Cayley (www.davidcayley.com), Canadian writer and radio host (Toronto), and author for many years of the Ideas program for the CBC Radio programme “Ideas”. Questions about the current pandemic from the point of … Continue reading →

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