Ivan Illich’s radical critique of our modern certitudes resonates loudly amid today’s crises. BY NATHAN GARDELS Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine. Beset as we are these days by the cascading consequences of climate change and the descent into dysfunction of our social institutions, it is worth remembering Ivan Illich, a forgotten prophet whose time has come.  Fortunately, two books on the 1970s apostle of the era of limits remind us of his prescient relevance: “Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey” published by his friend and long-time interlocutor David Cayley this year, and “The Prophet of Cuernavaca: Ivan Illich and … Continue reading A Forgotten Prophet Whose Time Has Come