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Ivan Illich, an Uncommon card
Ivan Dominic Illich was an Austrian Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, and social critic.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 89,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Ivan Illich quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ivan Illich card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Illich called himself "an errant ______."
Answer
pilgrim. Illich called himself "an errant pilgrim." From the Ivan Illich article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
His ____ book Deschooling Society criticises modern society's institutional approach to education, an approach that he argued demotivates and alienates individuals from the process of learning.
Answer
1970s. His 1971 book Deschooling Society criticises modern society's institutional approach to education, an approach that he argued demotivates and alienates individuals from the process of learning. From the Ivan Illich article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His 1971 book Deschooling Society criticises modern society's institutional approach to education, an approach that he argued demotivates and alienates individuals from the process of learning.
- His 1975 book Medical Nemesis, importing to the sociology of medicine the concept of medical harm, in which he argues that industrialised society impairs quality of life through processes such as overmedicalisation, the pathologisation of normal conditions, and increased dependency on medical institutions.
- Illich called himself "an errant pilgrim."
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ivan Illich article was read about 89,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Ivan Illich
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ivan Illich (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
