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Title
Theology, ethics, and technology in the work of Jacques Ellul and Paul Virilio
Type
Text
Monograph
Multimedia
Contribution
Morelli, Michael, 1986- (Author)
Subject
Ellul, Jacques, 1912-1994
Virilio, Paul
Technology--Philosophy (LCSH)
Technology--Social aspects (LCSH)
Genre Form
Biographies (LCGFT)
Language
English
Classification
LCC: T14
DDC: 601 full
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Supplementary Content
bibliography
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Content
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Summary
"This book examines biographical and textual connections between sociologist-theologian Jacques Ellul and philosopher-phenomenologist Paul Virilio. Through an examination of Ellul and Virilio's embeddedness in the socio-historical context of postwar France, the book identifies a relationship between these critics of technology which constitutes a nascent theological tradition. The author shows from various vantage points how Ellul and Virilio's nascent tradition exposes technology as modernity's primary idol; and, how it uses multiple disciplines-including history, sociology, philosophy, phenomenology, theology, and ethics-to resist the perilous consequences of the modern world's worship of power and the kinds of technologies this misdirected worship produces. Jacques Ellul's death in 1994 and Paul Virilio's death in 2018 may have prevented the maturation of this nascent theological tradition, but Theology, Ethics, and Technology in the work of Jacques Ellul and Paul Virilio aids this tradition's ripening through the presentation of an illuminating way to read these two unique, and at times quixotic, intellectuals"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
War, modernity, and technology
The construction of idols
Combatting myth with myth
Technology's origins
Power, powers, and technology
Ethics for modern thought, action, and making.
Authorized Access Point
Morelli, Michael, 1986- Theology, ethics, and technology in the work of Jacques Ellul and Paul Virilio
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