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Fear And Loathing In The Technological City, Michael Paulus Nov 2021

Fear And Loathing In The Technological City, Michael Paulus

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This presentation brings together three interpreters of the city—Jacques Ellul, Hunter S. Thompson, and John of the Apocalypse—to reflect on the future of our technological society. It contrasts rejections of the city, found in Ellul’s The Meaning of the City (1970) and Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1972), with an affirmation of the technological city found in the Apocalypse of John.


Our Technological Past And Future: From Predigital To Postdigital Apocalypses, Michael J. Paulus Jr. Sep 2015

Our Technological Past And Future: From Predigital To Postdigital Apocalypses, Michael J. Paulus Jr.

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An exploration of technological hopes and fears in apocalyptic literature.