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When asked by sociologists which European books they should read to understand scientific technique, Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World and part of the , recommended above all Jacques Ellul's book La Technique. They immediately ordered a copy, but they couldn't read it because it was all in French and the book dealt with highly difficult subject matter. So they commissioned their own institution, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, to translate it into English as The Technological Society.

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  • When asked by sociologists which European books they should read to understand scientific technique, Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World and part of the , recommended above all Jacques Ellul's book La Technique. They immediately ordered a copy, but they couldn't read it because it was all in French and the book dealt with highly difficult subject matter. So they commissioned their own institution, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, to translate it into English as The Technological Society.
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  • When asked by sociologists which European books they should read to understand scientific technique, Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World and part of the , recommended above all Jacques Ellul's book La Technique. They immediately ordered a copy, but they couldn't read it because it was all in French and the book dealt with highly difficult subject matter. So they commissioned their own institution, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, to translate it into English as The Technological Society.
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