02905nam a2200517Ii 4500 ocn891666267 OCoLC 20200709060213.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140930s2014 oru ob 000 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 1625640587 9781625640581 9781630871871 electronic bk. 1630871877 electronic bk. (OCoLC)891666267 834204 (N$T) BR115.T42 S53 2014 REL 012110 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh 261.56 23 N$TA Shaw, Jeffrey M., author. Illusions of freedom : Thomas Merton and Jacques Ellul on technology and the human condition / Jeffrey M. Shaw. Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (xiv, 193 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193). Illusions of Freedom examines the opinions and ideas of two twentieth-century writers --Thomas Merton, a Catholic monk living in the United States, and Jacques Ellul, a French Protestant. Contemporaries, they never met or corresponded with each other, but their critique of the influence that technology was beginning to have on the human condition is strikingly similar. Both Merton and Ellul drew upon the ideas of others in formulating their worldview, to include Karl Barth, Søren Kierkegaard, Aldous Huxley, and Karl Marx. Jeffrey Shaw examines the influence that these other philosophers had on Merton and Ellul as they formulated their own ideas on technology's impact on freedom. Tracing the similarities, and in some cases the differences, between their critiques of technology and the idea that progress is always to be seen as something inherently good, one finds that they bring a unique perspective to the debate and offer readers an alternative avenue for reflecting on the meaning of technology and its impact on our lives in the twenty-first century. Print version record. Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968. Ellul, Jacques, 1912-1994. Technology Religious aspects Christianity. RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Shaw, Jeffrey M. Illusions of freedom 1625640587 (DLC) 2014453505 (OCoLC)880965058 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=834204 EBSCOhost EBSC 834204 cpp1794 02 N$T 55322 55322