Ellul Jacques. The Technological System

Continuum, 1980. — 384 p.This is a philosophical book about the technology, more specifically about the relationship between the technology and man (and society). The main idea is that technological artifacts are not independent objects, but rather they form a technological system in which every object is interconnected to the other and cannot be considered independent since its function and existence is determined by the ones of all other technological objects. This technological system has become totalizing in respect to mankind: is everywhere and filling every gap. Moreover, technology is (in its essence) a mediator that isolates man from nature and hence adding this to the previous statements we can conclude that the technological system alienates men and shapes society.