Introducing Jacques Ellul and his concept of propaganda 

This video introduces students in my POT 4936 class (Democracy and Propaganda) to Jacques Ellul and his concept of the "technological society," and why he saw propaganda as a technique.
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3:57 : Basic biographical information on Ellul
5:20 : He was a Christian anarchist -what is that?
8:38 : The mass society --why Ellul calls the modern world the "technological society", what does "technique" mean? (goal-oriented know-how)
9:46 : His book, The Technological Society (1954), technique as a utilitarian approach to knowledge.
11:08 : Two things to remember about technique
12:58 : The difference between ancient and modern political philosophy
15:20 : Propaganda is one of the human techniques. What does that mean?
17:20 : Psychological techniques
18: 25 : Different kinds of propaganda (integration vs agitation, horizontal vs. vertical)