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philosloppy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

his book on propaganda, The Formation of Men’s Attitudes, is also well worth a read.

And, if you like Ellul, you should definitely check out Ivan Illich’s work. He’s another social critic coming from a heterodox Christian perspective (Catholic in this case). His ideas can seem a bit unintuitive at and even off-putting to modern sensibilities at times (especially his idea of Life as Idol and his critique of modern medicine in general) but he’s another guy with a lot going on that has been pretty accurate in his prognosticating of contemporary society.

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