El humanismo de Illich, evaluación de tecnologías para una sociedad convivencial

Abstract

Illich's criticism of contemporary industrial societies involves, among other things, a new conception of technology assessment based on the philosophical notion of "conviviality". The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct such conception, whose most salient features are radical pluralism, technologic constructivism and humanism, that is, the idea that the best yardstick to measure actual or potential effects of technology development is the preservation of human autonomy.