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The Technological Society by Ellul, Jacques is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Technological Society about?

'The Technological Society is 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 itself--unless we take the necessary steps to move human society out of the environment that ‘technique’ is creating to meet its own needs.' --Robert Theobald, The Nation Full tags: non-accountability, alpha brain waves, analytics, automation, bean counters, Behavioural Insights Team, binary, bureaucracy, Communism, computer modelling, conscience, cybernetics, cyborg, dehumanisation, self-deification, digitalisation, DNA therapy, libido dominandi, eugenics, genetic engineering, group conformity, gulag, hive mind, human resources, ID Card, internet, mass indoctrination, Jewish Kahal, Kulaks, lab rats, materialism, metrics, cult of measurement, Stanley Milgram, evolutionary petrie dish, racial miscegenation, Mouse Utopia, multiculturalism, Nudge Unit, one database to rule them all, overregulation, planned economy, production line, propaganda, procrustean bed, pub

Who reads The Technological Society?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Ellul, Jacques
Publisher
Vintage Books
Published
1964
Language
EN
ISBN
9780394703909
Category
philosophy
Subjects
Engineering, Sociology, History
Rating
4.25 / 5 (461 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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