This 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...
This 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...
On the centenary of his birth, this book re-examines the work of Jacques Ellul, presenting current debates based on his insights, discussing his diagnosis of modern society, exploring issues he saw as vital and addressing the duality of reason and revelation.
On the centenary of his birth, this book re-examines the work of Jacques Ellul, presenting current debates based on his insights, discussing his diagn...
This book is devoted to discussion of the views of Pierre Musso and starts with a central chapter written by Musso, entitled Network Ideology: from Saint-Simonianism to the Internet . Pierre Musso is a French philosopher and is one of the most original thinkers in the history of the network society. His thought develops a critique of information and communication technologies through their imaginary and social representations and of the information society, based on the network metaphor.
The main question on which Musso has focused his attention is how the network metaphor is one of...
This book is devoted to discussion of the views of Pierre Musso and starts with a central chapter written by Musso, entitled Network Ideology: fro...
This volume offers a new understanding of the role of the media in the Portuguese Empire, shedding light on the interactions between communications, policy, economics, society, culture, and national identities.
This volume offers a new understanding of the role of the media in the Portuguese Empire, shedding light on the interactions between communications, p...
