Slow archaeology, punk archaeology, and the archaeology of. The ellul forum archive a comprehensive listing of past ellul forum articles. The great french philosopher and technology critic jacques ellul makes it one of his central points that evaluations of technology must not be confined to the machines themselves. In 20, the ellul forum shifted to an online venue with downloadable pdfs. The ellul forum, under the editorial direction of darrell fasching 19882000 and cliff christians 20002012, was published twice.
He was one of the movements greatest free thinkers who was born september 4, 1926 in vienna and died december 2, 2002 of cancer at the age of 76 in bremen, germany. Pdf articles remembering kassie jim grote fascinated by the instruments of power. The ellul forum archive the international jacques ellul society. Jacques ellul and the technological society in the 21st century. The book that brought ivan illich to public attention was deschooling. In this latest work, which rests on solid research and covers a. We can experience the return of the word of god in the here and now, the perpetual return of the actual, living, indisputable word of god that makes possible the act of witnessing, but we should never think of the bible as any sort of talisman or oracle constantly.
The notion of ivan illich as a social critic, philosopher, or historian is seen as secondary to the principal thrust and purpose of his life and work. Lewis mumford, hannah arendt, gunther anders, hans jonas, and ivan illich. A turbulent priest in the global village lewrockwell. In new york in 1812, the death rate was estimated to be higher. Based on a speech given in hannover, germany, september 14, 1990. Illichs theory of technology include murray bookchin, jacques ellul, leopold kohr. Already events have justified many of his earlier warnings or even shown them to be too restrained. Jacques ellul what can be done about the generalized technical grip, caroline baudouin duration. Jacques ellul from his christian perspective pretty much calls the technological society behemoth or, the beast. January 6, 1912 may 19, 1994 was a french philosopher, sociologist, lay theologian, and professor who was a noted christian anarchist. Jacques ellul has 74 books on goodreads with 16524 ratings.
His behemoth commentary is merely his own subjective way of describing the obvious. Jacques ellul does not take a religious stance, but more of a logical it then follows or is already apparent stance. Slow archaeology, punk archaeology, and the archaeology. Ivan illich, a man who belonged to many nations and yet to no particular nation, was a turbulent priest in the global village. Translators preface the area of technique, technology, and the technological system is one in which jacques ellul undoubtedly speaks with a prophetic voice. Ivan illich died on december 2, 2002 in bremen, germany. By drawing insights from authors who shared some of elluls concerns, such as frankfurt school theorists, vance packard and ivan illich, this paper explores this normative invasion of human life by technique as a feature of contemporary information technology politics, specifically in 1 the historical context of normative and material.
It is an honor and great joy for me to be invited by daniel. Professor ellul i would much prefer to say, master jacques. Illichs previously unpublished paper offering a new view of conspiracy in european history is included. Anansi press the rivers north of the future the testament of ivan illich as told to david cayley 2005 isbn 0887847145 toronto. Pdf french philosopher jacques ellul 19121994 wrote almost 60 books. The infections that prevailed at the outset of the industrial age illustrate how medicine came by its reputation. After his period as a churchman in the catholic church, he developed a unique series of books and articles characterized above all as apophatic theology. An historian, sociologist, philosopher, christian theologian, and social critic, ellul is perhaps best known for a book called the technological society. To understand illich, it is more important to see his journey into apophatic expression. The rivers north of the future the testament of ivan illich as told to david cayley 2005 isbn 0887847145 toronto. The two short statements that follow were the final presentations at an international conference on technique and. Based on an address given at bordeaux, november 1993.
Ellul offers a penetrating analysis of our technological civilization, showing how technologywhich began innocuously enough as a. The ellul forum, under the editorial direction of darrell fasching. Autonomous technology technicsoutofcontrol as a theme in political thought 1978 ivan illich. Ivan illich ellus response to the symposium in his honor at the university of bordeaux, november 1993 jacques ellul information. Reading ivan illich lee hoinacki o n various occasions, i have set out on the perilous enterprise of attempting to interpret ivan illich. The principal difference between his thought edifice and most other literature on propaganda is that ellul regards propaganda as a sociological phenomenon rather than as something made by certain people for certain purposes. Elluls money and power remains the finest single work available anywhere on the theological and practical implications of our use and abuse of money, and the current financial crisis proves the validity of elluls assertions. Ivan illich in conversation interviews with cayley, david. A prolific writer, he authored more than 60 books and more than. In the absence of the sacred critical analyses of impact. Ellul was a longtime professor of history and the sociology of institutions on the faculty of law and economic sciences at the university of bordeaux. Jacques ellul, propaganda, and the technological society.
The author received no financial support for the publication of this article. Politics and religion in the thought of ivan illich. Jacques elluls view of propaganda and his approach to the study of propaganda are new. Pdf french philosopher jacques ellul 19121994 wrote almost 60 books and many hundreds of articles. Ellul and ivan illich together with hopi elder david monongye. Based on an address given at bordeaux, november, 1993. These two related thinkers each charted a unique approach to the. Jacques ellul, ivan illich, vance packard, propaganda, consumer, citizen, ict, cyberpolitics, colonization acknowledgement. He disturbed the sheep, who mostly just want a quiet life, offended the shepherds, who believe in their own righteous virtue and selflessness, and he set many a passerby on fire. Jacques ellul is a professor in the faculty of law at the university of bordeaux. Ivan illich ellus response to the symposium in his honor at the university of bordeaux, november. Jacques ellul 19121994 is a thinker who often gets mentioned in the same breath as ivan illich. I made the point that, as a protestant theologian, ellul was not opposed to literacy or print media. Jacques ellul january 6, 1912 may 19, 1994 was a french philosopher, sociologist, theologian, and christian anarchist.
We are not to make the torah into god himself, nor the bible into a paper pope. Jacques ellul, ivan illich, vance packard, propaganda, consumer. As insightful and wise today as it was when originally published in 1954, jacques elluls the technological society has become a classic in its field, laying the groundwork for all other studies of technology and society that have followed. Illich claimed that the gospel was and is something peculiarly volatile or unstable. He saw scripture as liberating, but also noted that literacy was an important part of 20th century modernization campaigns, and was needed in order to be able to deliver propaganda to the masses.
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