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Jacques Ellul ( / ɛˈluːl /; French: [ɛlyl]; January 6, 1912 – May 19, 1994) was a French philosopher, sociologist, lay theologian, and professor. Noted as a Christian anarchist, 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, French social scientist, theologian, and philosopher of technology, best known for his critical analysis of what he called ‘technique,’ or the ‘totality of methods rationally arrived at and having absolute efficiency (for a given stage of development) in every field of human activity.’.
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Jacques Ellul, né le 6 janvier 1912 à Bordeaux et mort le 19 mai 1994 à Pessac, est un historien du droit, sociologue et théologien protestant libertaire français .
The Technological Society is a book on the subject of technique by French philosopher, theologian and sociologist Jacques Ellul. Originally published in French in 1954, it was translated into English in 1964.
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