I describe a world with no exit, convinced that God accompanies man throughout his history.
Jacques Ellul
The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief
belief goal propaganda opinion active modern
(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes are the conditioned reflex and the myth
stereotypes time character creation myth influence psychological propaganda great
La libertad pertenece al orden de los relámpagos, no al de la luz eléctrica.
freedom
No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself.
theology god
If man--if each one of us--abdicates his responsibilities with regard to values; if each one of us limits himself to leading a trivial existence in a technological civilization, with greater adaptation and increasing success as his sole objectives; if we do not even consider the possibility of making a stand against these determinants, then everything will happen as I have described it, and the determinates will be transformed into inevitabilities.
sociology
Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.
dystopia
Our civilization is first and foremost a civilization of means; in the reality of modern life, the means, it would seem, are more important than the ends.
life theend
I can very well say without hesitation that all those who have political power, even if they use it well have acquired it by demonic mediation and even if they are not conscious of it, they are worshippers of diabolos.
power
All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by God to manifest himself. But this relationship is secret and incomprehensible, beyond the bounds of reason and analysis.
nature language humannature
For the word is dialectical in itself and at the same time is integrated into the whole of existence. By this I mean that the word is intended to be lived.
thetimes time
The will of the world is always a will to death, a will to suicide. We must not accept this suicide, and we must so act that it cannot take place.
places death
Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible.
history
man history
Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society.
society
Again I want to emphasize that the study of propaganda must be conducted within the context of a technological society. Propaganda is called upon to solve problems created by technology, to play on maladjustments, and to integrate the individual into a technological world.
technology society
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