This rings many bells Mike, a veritable gamelan of dissonance. Systems and institutions, as Foucault said, are designed to recreate themselves. As someone who's never seen myself mirrored in most educational hierarchies, alternative communities, or networks set up to offset the reductionism you so clearly describe, I've protected my sanity by seeking others who don't fit in, but have managed to carve a survival path for themselves through standing their ground and adapting through selective discipline and creative resistance. That's where leadership potential is to be found.
And thanks for citing Ivan Illich, whose brilliant contributions to understanding the origins of Christianity and the foundations of power are too often overlooked.
This rings many bells Mike, a veritable gamelan of dissonance. Systems and institutions, as Foucault said, are designed to recreate themselves. As someone who's never seen myself mirrored in most educational hierarchies, alternative communities, or networks set up to offset the reductionism you so clearly describe, I've protected my sanity by seeking others who don't fit in, but have managed to carve a survival path for themselves through standing their ground and adapting through selective discipline and creative resistance. That's where leadership potential is to be found.
And thanks for citing Ivan Illich, whose brilliant contributions to understanding the origins of Christianity and the foundations of power are too often overlooked.
“Systems and institutions, as Foucault said, are designed to recreate themselves.” I love it!
Being trapped in an infinite hall of mirrors comes to mind...