The Betrayal by Technology A Portrait of Jacques Ellul

A portrait of Jacques Ellul a French theologiansociologist amp anarchist who first became wellknown to American readers with the English publishing of his book The Technological Society in 1964 For Ellul technique represented an entire way of life characterized by life fragmented so that efficiency ultimately rules over all ethical decisions Ellul warned that technique was having drastic effects on all aspects of modern life Many Green Anarchists have cited Elluls work on technique as influential on their thought