00962nam a2200145Ia 4500008004100000020002800041041000800069050002500077100001900102245004700121260003500168300002700203505049900230650008700729230823s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a97808164900730816490074  aeng  aHM221 b.E4313 1980  aEllul, Jacques 4aThe technological systemb/cJacques Ellul  aNew York : bContinuum, c1980  avi, 362 p.b; c24 cm.  aPart 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.  aTechnology and civilization.Technologie Aspect social.Technologie et civilisation.