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The roots of the philosophy of [[Convivial Tools]] go back at least to the French Enlightenment and the first Encyclopedists. For an outline of the critique of industrial technology over the past two hundred years, see the encyclopedia-type article on the [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=8 Historical Roots of Convivial Philosophy]. Note also that the [[Whole Earth]] and [[Appropriate Technology]] movements in fact emerged in the late nineteen-sixties, a few years ''before'' the publication of [[Ivan Illich]]'s book [[Tools for Conviviality]].
 
The roots of the philosophy of [[Convivial Tools]] go back at least to the French Enlightenment and the first Encyclopedists. For an outline of the critique of industrial technology over the past two hundred years, see the encyclopedia-type article on the [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=8 Historical Roots of Convivial Philosophy]. Note also that the [[Whole Earth]] and [[Appropriate Technology]] movements in fact emerged in the late nineteen-sixties, a few years ''before'' the publication of [[Ivan Illich]]'s book [[Tools for Conviviality]].
  
The various incarnations of the idea of [[Convivial Tools]] introduced hereafter include:
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The following incarnations of the idea of [[Convivial Tools]] are introduced in roughly chronological order:
  
 
*[[#Whole_Earth|Whole Earth Catalog and its offshoots]]
 
*[[#Whole_Earth|Whole Earth Catalog and its offshoots]]
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*[[#Open_Design|Open Design]]
 
*[[#Open_Design|Open Design]]
  
The above list presents these mouvements in approximate chronological order. Clink on the above links to go the corresponding paragraphs below.
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Clink on the above links to go the corresponding paragraphs below.
  
 
==Whole Earth==
 
==Whole Earth==

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