Ivan Illich - Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health

Full lecture: • Ivan Illich - Medical ...
Lecture date: 1974-12-09
Ivan Illich gives a lecture to mark the launch of his book Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health in which he continues his critique of the medical profession and the 'delusions' of importance that exist in Western culture regarding that profession. Illich contrasts personal responsibility with individual impotence and questions the corporate indoctrination that reorganizes society within such excesses of professionalization.NB: Background noise occasionally makes Illich inaudible. Occasional sound and image breaks up are particularly bad towards end. After 120 mins tape cuts out in midspeech during extensive Q & A session.

[@rssrolo]

It is incomprehensible that this amazingly clear revelation of negative institutional synergy has such few views - "educated stupidity ... the famine coming is unlike any famine of old ..." 2:50-5:00 - "Imperialism and missionaryism, the conviction that the rich must be able to "help" the poor" ... (un)Believable !! Thank you for sharing this - I will pass it on!

[@Leibo07]

one of the godfathers of the great whistleblowers.

[@anokre2817]

Where did this lecture take place?

[@mastorna1]

description says running time is 120 minutes but the video is only 20 minutes long..