The Humiliation of the Word
Western people no longer hear; everything is grasped by sight. They no longer speak; they show. -- Jacques EllulWell-known for his many books on sociology and theology, Jacques Ellul creatively braids these two strands together in this provocative examination of how reality (which is visual) has superseded truth (which is verbal) in modern times. Ellul explores biblical texts for distinguishing visual cultural forms from the communicative (divine and human) Word, thenexamines how this distinction plays out with the rise of audiovisual media in the 20th-century West. Even in human speech, visual forms dominate contemporary life and devalue the…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5326-4256-2
- EAN: 9781532642562
- Produktnummer: 37769726
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 330 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.7 cm 480 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 480
Über den Autor
Jacques Ellul (1912-94) was a French law professor, social theorist, and lay theologian, teaching at the University of Bordeaux, France. Among his 58 published books, his best-known works include The Technological Society, Propaganda, and Presence in the Modern World.
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