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Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) was a French theologian, philosopher, sociologist, and university teacher. Born in Bordeaux, he was a member of the Combat movement and affiliated with the degrowth and personalism movements. His academic career included positions at the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux and the University of Montpellier. Ellul was a Protestant and was influenced by thinkers such as Karl Marx, Bernard Charbonneau, Emmanuel Mounier, and Gilbert Simondon.
He authored numerous works, including *Les classes sociales*, *À temps et à contretemps*, *The meaning of the city*, and *Die theologische Begründung des Rechtes*. Ellul received the Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon and was recognized as one of the Righteous Among the Nations. He died in Pessac in 1994. His archives are held at Wheaton College and the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 6 January 1912
- Died
- 19 May 1994
- Works
- 103
Top works
- Les classes sociales
- À temps et à contretemps
- The meaning of the city
- Die theologische Begründung des Rechtes
- ... Étude sur l'évolution et la nature juridique du mancipium ...
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Key facts
- Born
- 6 January 1912, Bordeaux , France
- Died
- 19 May 1994 (1994-05-19) (aged 82), Pessac , France
- Alma mater
- University of Bordeaux University of Paris
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Christian anarchism Continental philosophy Non-conformists of the 1930s
- Institutions
- University of Bordeaux
- Notable ideas
- Technological society
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacques
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Bordeaux
- Place of death
- Pessac
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Movement
- personalism
- Image
- Jacques Ellul, 1990 (cropped).jpg
- Political ideology
- Christian anarchism
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- date of death
- 1994-05-19
- date of birth
- 1912-01-06
- archives at
- Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux
- Commons category
- Jacques Ellul
- Commons gallery
- Jacques Ellul
- name in native language
- Jacques Ellul
- member of
- Combat
- birth name
- Jacques César Émile Ellul
- influenced by
- Guy Debord
- student
- José Bové
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