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New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 292 p. Jacques Ellul Legacy. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Good. Vintage Books, 1972. Contains very minor marginalia in ink; cover lightly rubbed/bumped, faintly soiled, very lightly creased, one large chip at the top corner of the rear flap, one small chip/tear at the bottom spine end; edges lightly rubbed/bumped, faintly soiled, quite sunned; interior quite age-toned throughout, light damp-staining at the top corners of the interior flaps/top corners of the index pages/rear endpaper, small chip/tear at the center fore-edge of the Title page; binding tight; cover, edges and interior intact and clean, except where noted. paperback. Good.
With a main text running some 250 pages, Ellul's 1967 book, translated to English in 1972, is lucid and relentless in uncovering the political illusion. Chapters address topics such as the monopoly of force, politics in the world of images, control of the state, bureaucracy, politics as attainment of values, democratic man, and many others. Ellul's views doubtless are informed by his life-context in France, nevertheless, he warns that Britain and the USA are following along right behind. Ellul writes, "From the moment that the state becomes what it is,--i.e., charged with all things--who will control it? From the moment the state is bureaucratized, what norms of validity or legitimacy can impose themselves from the outside? From the moment the state charges itself with the whole of a citizen's life, how can politics not be autonomous?" (p. 79). Ellul can be hard for an idealist to read, but realism is not cynicism. Ellul is not without hope. He only sees the difficulty that is before us in attaining to something better.
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