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Jacques Ellul and the techonological society in the 21st century

dc.contributor.authorJerónimo, Helena Mateus
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, José Luís
dc.contributor.authorMitcham, Carl
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-11T12:32:08Z
dc.date.available2016-03-11T12:32:08Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis volume rethinks the work of Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) on the centenary of his birth, by presenting an overview of the current debates based on Ellul's insights. As one of the most significant twentieth-century thinkers about technology, Ellul was among the first thinkers to realize the importance of topics such as globalization, terrorism, communication technologies and ecology, and study them from a technological perspective. The book is divided into three sections. The first discusses Ellul’s diagnosis of modern society, and addresses the reception of his work on the technological society, the notion of efficiency, the process of symbolization/de-symbolization, and ecology. The second analyzes communicational and cultural problems, as well as threats and trends in early twenty-first century societies. Many of the issues Ellul saw as crucial – such as energy, propaganda, applied life sciences and communication – continue to be so. In fact they have grown exponentially, on a global scale, producing new forms of risk. Essays in the final section examine the duality of reason and revelation. They pursue an understanding of Ellul in terms of the depth of experience and the traditions of human knowledge, which is to say, on the one hand, the experience of the human being as contained in the rationalist, sociological and philosophical traditions. On the other hand there are the transcendent roots of human existence, as well as “revealed knowledge,” in the mystical and religious traditions. The meeting of these two traditions enables us to look at Ellul’s work as a whole, but above all it opens up a space for examining religious life in the technological society.pt_PT
dc.identifier.citationJerónimo, H. M., Garcia, J. L. & Mitcham, C. (eds) (2013). Jacques Ellul and the techonological society in the 21st century. New York : Springerpt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn978-94-007-6657-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/23004
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.publisherSpringerpt_PT
dc.subjectEllul, Jacques, 1912-1994pt_PT
dc.subjectCivilização tecnológicapt_PT
dc.titleJacques Ellul and the techonological society in the 21st centurypt_PT
dc.typebook
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceNew Yorkpt_PT
person.familyNameGarcia
person.givenNameJosé Luís de Oliveira
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-9387-9047
person.identifier.scopus-author-id55603821400
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