Tools for Conviviality (1973) [pdf]
co-munity.net
co-munity.net
The book itself is hard as nails to read, and at times either reeks with militaristic tones (from Guattari) or derails into fart jokes over psychoanalysis, but, all in all, is a very, very worthwhile and inspiring read (esp. then authors peruse concepts from dynamic systems theory, cybernetics and biology). I hope to finish it ASAP and move on to Thousand Plateaus, which, according to some comments, is a more thought-out and balanced (i.e. pure 50/50 hybrid between Deleuze and Guattari, instead of Guattari interspersed with Deleuze) version of Anti-Oedipus.
Maybe some of you will find this reference useful.
http://www.davidtinapple.com/illich/1983_silence_commons.htm...
This is about it too: https://just.thinkofit.com/ivan-illich-silence-is-a-commons/
I attended the Whole Earth 50th anniversary at Fort Mason a couple years ago, and noticed that Illich's name, and those of others like Ken Kesey and John Perry Barlow were mentioned on an 'In Memoriam' plaque for the event. It's interesting to think that he had an equally profound impact on this group of people, who have shaped so much of our culture. His work is always worth another look.
One essay of his that I come back to more than any other is 'To Hell With Good Intentions'. The great man delivered this speech to a group of wide eyed college students who were about to go to Mexico for an aid program and just took a big crap on them. I wish I had been there. I used to share it with friends before they went on vacation.
He was a chemist/crystallographer, and a deeply spiritual Catholic who advocated for the rights of nuns to kill themselves, and a very tactical anarchist. Rest In Peace!