Jacques Ellul: Citations en anglais

Jacques Ellul était professeur d'histoire du droit, sociologue et théologien protestant français. Citations en anglais.
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“Again I want to emphasize that the study of propaganda must be conducted within the context of a technological society. Propaganda is called upon to solve problems created by technology, to play on maladjustments, and to integrate the individual into a technological world.”

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Jacques Ellul livre Propagandes

From the Vintage paperback (1973), p. xvii
Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes (1962)

“Propaganda tries to surround man by all possible routes in the realm of feelings as well as ideas, by playing on his will or on his needs, through his conscious and his unconscious, assailing him in both his private and his public life. It furnishes him with a complete system for explaining the world, and provides immediate incentives to action. We are here in the presence of an organized myth that tries to take hold of the entire person. Through the myth it creates, propaganda imposes a complete range of intuitive knowledge, susceptible of only one interpretation, unique and one-sided, and precluding any divergence. This myth becomes so powerful that it invades every arena of consciousness, leaving no faculty or motivation intact. It stimulates in the individual a feeling of exclusiveness, and produces a biased attitude.”

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Jacques Ellul livre Propagandes

Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes (1962)

“Jesus does not advocate revolt or material conflict. ... He reverses the question, and as so often challenges his interlocutors: "But you ... it must not be the same among you."”

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Jacques Ellul livre Anarchie et Christianisme

In other words, do not be so concerned about fighting kings. Let them be. Set up a marginal society which will not be interested in such things, in which there will be no power, authority or hierarchy. Do not do things as they are usually done in society, which you cannot change. Create another society on another foundation.

p. 62
Anarchy and Christianity (1988)

“We can denounce not merely the abuses of power but power itself.”

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Jacques Ellul livre Anarchie et Christianisme

Source: Anarchy and Christianity (1988), p. 23

“I believe that the anarchist fight, the struggle for an anarchist society, is essential, but I also think that the realizing of such a society is impossible.”

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Jacques Ellul livre Anarchie et Christianisme

Source: Anarchy and Christianity (1988), p. 19