Review: The Technological Society
Nutzerbericht - Saul - GoodreadsThis is a very interesting book, and one not well know to many outside France. Ellul is one of the few philosophers who devoted much of his life to the understanding of technology as a stand-alone ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: The Technological Society
Nutzerbericht - Mark Sequeira - GoodreadsExcellent! A 'Must Read' esp. by Christians in our day but all would benefit and find themselves put out but agreeing with a lot of what he has to say. It's been many years since I've read much Ellul but I love his writing. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: The Technological Society
Nutzerbericht - Traceless Trace - GoodreadsI found this book fascinating, worldview-shattering, and amazing. It caused me fear and worry but also greatly helped me understand the society in which I live. Things which seemed to not make sense ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: The Technological Society
Nutzerbericht - Aa - GoodreadsThe first few times I picked this one up it didn't seem to be much more than a rather plodding diagram of generic claims about the dehumanization of society due to the appetites and inherent ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: The Technological Society
Nutzerbericht - AJ Jr. - GoodreadsA very important book. Jaques Ellul was one of the greatest thinkers of our time....a very wise man. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: The Technological Society
Nutzerbericht - Robert Klein - GoodreadsThe Unabomber lead me to this book. At first, I thought Kaczynski's manifesto was much better reasoned out, lucid, and compelling, but at about page 400, this book hit me -- the implications, the . . . I don't know. A bleaker coloring to my already cynical look at where man's heading. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: The Technological Society
Nutzerbericht - loafingcactus - GoodreadsThis book blew my mind- I'll never see the world the same way again. I'll never appeal to "efficiency" as if it were a moral end (and error I was absolutely making). Absolutely one of the most important things I have read in my life. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: The Technological Society
Nutzerbericht - Jacob Russell - GoodreadsEllul is one of those thinkers, like Simone Weil or Hannah Arendt, who are in a class to themselves. He defines technology, not by tools and tehniques, but by a set of assumptions governing the ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
