Answer to Question #278327 in Sociology for Henry

Question

Briefly acquaint yourself with the Boston Globe entry about Jacques Ellul.

Afterward, read a couple of pages from The Formation of Men's Attitudes by Jacques Ellul.

Please discuss this reading assignment in light of the reading materials for this unit

Answer 1

Along with Habermas, Heidegger, Simondon, Leroi-Gourhan, and Günther Anders, he is one of the most influential technologists of the twentieth century. Neil Postman, an American social critic, cited him frequently, particularly in his book The Technopoly. Parallel to his groundbreaking work on the description and analysis of the "technician system," Ellul collaborated with his master on a study of the phenomenon of propaganda in modern civilizations.