The Technological Society

The Technological Society

As insightful and wise today as it was when originally published in 1954, Jacques Ellul's The Technological Society has become a classic in its field, laying the groundwork for all other studies of technology and society that have followed.
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Ellul offers a penetrating analysis of our technological civilization, showing how technologyâ‚¬"which began innocuously enough as a servant of humankindâ‚¬"threatens to overthrow humanity itself in its ongoing creation of an environment that meets its own ends. No conversation about the dangers of technology and its unavoidable effects on society can begin without a careful reading of this book.
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"A magnificent book . . . He goes through one human activity after another and shows how it has been technicized, rendered efficient, and diminished in the process.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Harper's
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â‚¬Å“One of the most important books of the second half of the twentieth-century. In it, Jacques Ellul convincingly demonstrates that technology, which we continue to conceptualize as the servant of man, will overthrow everything that prevents the internal logic of its development, including humanity itselfâ‚¬"unless we take necessary steps to move human society out of the environment that 'technique' is creating to meet its own needs.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Nation
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â‚¬Å“A description of the way in which technology has become completely autonomous and is in the process of taking over the traditional values of every society without exception, subverting and suppressing these values to produce at last a monolithic world culture in which all non-technological difference and variety are mere appearance.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Los Angeles Free Press
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage Books
Binding Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780394703909
Color White
ReleaseDate 1967-10-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780394703909

Country	USA
Brand	Vintage
Manufacturer	Vintage Books
Binding	Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780394703909
Color	White
ReleaseDate	1967-10-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780394703909

The Technological Society

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