Comment on Jacques Ellul's The Technological Society: How Efficiency Becomes the Master

sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I haven’t read them yet, but I’m hoping to. It seems like he has some books actually focused on religion, but i’m not sure how much it actually comes up in this one.

  If it does at all, it doesn’t seem like he weaponized Christianity against non Christians. His views on it actually sound pretty interesting

  Ellul explained his view in this way: “By anarchy I mean first an absolute rejection of violence.” And, “… Jesus was not only a socialist but an anarchist – and I want to stress here that I regard anarchism as the fullest and most serious form of socialism.” For him, this meant that nation-states as the primary sources of violence in the modern era, should neither be praised nor feared, but continually questioned and challenged.

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  • sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I want to read his “Meaning of the City” because I just like City theory, but I keep postponing in case it’s just Christian morality lessons. The anarchist Christian angle makes this sound more interesting.

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