The technological system - Ellul, Jacques (New York : Continuum, 1980)
Part one : What is technology -- Technology as a concept -- Technology as an environment -- Technology as a determining factor -- Technology as a system -- Part two : The charactersitics of the technological phenomenon -- Autonomy -- Unity -- Universality -- Totalization -- Part three : The characteristics of technological progress -- Self-augmentation -- Automatism -- Causal progression and absence of finality -- The problem of acceleration -- Conclusion : Man in the technological system.
Keywords: Technology and civilization.Technologie Aspect social.Technologie et civilisation