Ellul, Jacques -- Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes, 4 (1962) [tr. Kellen and Learner (1965)]

Dave — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:57:48 +0000

Every new idea will … be troublesome to [the individual’s] entire being. He will defend himself against it because it threatens to destroy his certainties. He thus actually comes to hate everything opposed to what propaganda has made him acquire. Propaganda has created in him a system of opinions and tendencies which may not be subjected to criticism. … Incidentally, this refusal to listen to new ideas usually takes on an ironic aspect: the man who has been successfully subjected to a vigorous propaganda will declare that all new ideas are propaganda.

Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) French philosopher, law professor, sociologist, theologian
Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes, 4 (1962) [tr. Kellen and Learner (1965)]

Ellul, Jacques -- The Presence of the Kingdom [Présence au monde moderne] (1948) [tr. Wyon (1951)]

Dave — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 23:48:50 +0000

Every time the Church has gotten into the political game, no matter what the manner of her entry, no matter what her opinion or posing choices in a political situation with regard to an institution, she has been drawn every time into a betrayal, either of revealed truth or of the incarnate love. She has become involved every time in apostasy. … Politics is the Church’s worst problem. It is her constant temptation, the occasion of her greatest disasters, the trap continually set for her by the Prince of this world.

Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) French philosopher, law professor, sociologist, theologian
The Presence of the Kingdom [Présence au monde moderne] (1948) [tr. Wyon (1951)]

WIST Quotations

Ellul, Jacques -- Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes, 4 (1962) [tr. Kellen and Learner (1965)]

Ellul, Jacques -- The Presence of the Kingdom [Présence au monde moderne] (1948) [tr. Wyon (1951)]