Tools for Conviviality

essay by Ivan Illich
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Summary

Tools for Conviviality is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,282 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Ivan Illich[3]
  • Genre: essay[4]
  • Language of work or name: English[5]
  • Country of origin: United States[6]
  • Publication date: 1973[7]
  • Has edition or translation: Q141755988[8]
  • Main subject: criticism of technology[9]
  • Title: Tools for Conviviality[10], Selbstbegrenzung[11], La kunvivarto[12], La convivialité[13], La convivialità[14], コンヴィヴィアリティのための道具[15], Şenlikli Toplum[16]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[17]

Why It Matters

Tools for Conviviality is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9h ago · Reclus · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    Imported from → —
    Librarything work id → 60939
    Open library id → OL2848898W, OL26376112W
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