Technique, Discourse, and Consciousness

“Lovekin is the leading representative of the philosophical interpretation of Ellul's concept of technique as the basis of modern society. He expertly takes the reader through Ellul's demonstration of the transposition of thought from the pursuit of the summum bonum to thought as the production of an ensemble of means that constantly expands itself and from which there is no exit.”


—Donald Phillip Verene, Emory University





“With his philosopher’s eye, Lovekin delves deeply into technique’s multilayered intervention in culture, its symbols, its tools, its products. Technique is a modern mythology that has become a historical necessity. Readers of all backgrounds will benefit from this revealing study, which asks, indeed compels, us to consider the way things are, but also to consider what they might be or what they 'ought' to be.”


—Samir Younés, University of Notre Dame





“There is simply no other book that so carefully and brilliantly explores the deeper philosophical roots and significance of Jacques Ellul’s pathfinding volumes on technique / technology.


—David W. Gill, President, International Jacques Ellul Society