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www.jacques-ellul.org
Visit the web site of our francophone sister society, L'Association International Jacques Ellul, at www.jacques-ellul.org.
The Ellul Forum CD: 1988-2002
The first thirty issues of The Ellul Forum, some 500 published pages total, are now available (only) on a single compact disc which can be purchased for US $15 (postage included). Send payment with your order to "IJES," P.O. Box 5365, Berkeley CA 94705 USA.
Back issues #31 - #43 of The Ellul Forum are available for $5 each (postage and shipping included).
Cahiers Jacques Ellul: Pour une critique de la société technicienne
The annual journal, Cahiers Jacques Ellul, is edited by Patrick Chastenet and now published by Editions L'Esprit du Temps, distributed by Presses Universitaires de France; write to Editions L'Esprit du Temps, BP 107, 33491 Le Bouscat Cedex, France. The theme of Volume 1 was "L'Années personnalistes" (cost 15 euros); Volume 2 was on "La Technique" (15 euros); Volume 3 is on "L'Economie" (21 euros);
Volume 4 is on "La Propagande" (21 euros); Volume 5 is on “La Politique” (21 euros). Shipping costs 5 euros for the first volume ordered; add 2 euros for each additional volume ordered. Further information is at www.jacques-ellul.org.
Jacques Ellul: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary Works
by Joyce Main Hanks. Research in Philosophy and Technology. Supplement 5. Stamford, CT: JAI Press, 2000. xiii., 206 pages. $87. ISBN: 076230619X.
This is the essential guide for anyone doing research in Jacques Ellul's writings. An excellent brief biography is followed by a 140 page annotated bibliography of Ellul's fifty books and thousand-plus articles and a thirty-page subject index. Hank's work is comprehensive, accurate, and invariably helpful. This may be one of the more expensive books you buy for your library; it will surely be one of the most valuable. Visit www.elsevier.com for ordering information.
The Reception of Jacques Ellul’s Critique of Technology: An Annotated Bibliography of Writings on His Life and Thought
by Joyce Main Hanks (Edwin Mellen Press, 2007). 546 pp.
This volume is an amazing, indispensable resource for studying Jacques Ellul. All the books, articles, reviews, and published symposia on Ellul’s ideas and writings are here.
Living the Word, Resisting the World: The Life and Thought of Jacques Ellul
by Andrew Goddard. (Paternoster Press, 2002). 378 pp.
Seven years after being published, Professor Goddard’s study remains the best English language introduction to Ellul’s life and thought.
Alibris: used books in English
The Alibris web site at www.alibris.com lists thirty titles of used and out-of-print Jacques Ellul books in English translation available to order at reasonable prices.
Librairie Mollat: new books in French
Librairie Mollat in the center of old Bordeaux (www.mollat.com) is an excellent resource for French language books, including those by or about Ellul. Mollat accepts credit cards over the web and will mail books anywhere in the world.
Used books in French: two web resources
Two web sites that will be of help in finding used books in French by Jacques Ellul (and others) are www.chapitre.com and www.livre-rare-book.com.
Reprints of nine Ellul books
By arrangement with Ingram and Spring Arbor, individual reprint copies of several Ellul books originally published by William B. Eerdmans can now be purchased. The books and prices listed at the Eerdmans web site are as follows: The Ethics of Freedom ($40), The Humiliation of the Word ($26), The Judgment of Jonah ($13), The Meaning of the City ($20), The Politics of God and the Politics of Man ($19), Reason for Being: A Meditation on Ecclesiastes ($28), The Subversion of Christianity ($20), and The Technological Bluff ($35). Sources and Trajectories: Eight Early Articles by Jacques Ellul translated by Marva Dawn is also available (price unknown).
Have your bookstore (or on-line book dealer) "back order" the titles you want. Do not go as an individual customer to Eerdmans or Ingram/Spring Arbor. For more information visit the "Books on Demand" pages at www.eerdmans.com.
Ellul on Video
The French filmmaker Serge Steyer's film "Jacques Ellul: L'homme entier" (52 minutes) is available for 25 euros at the web site www.meromedia.com. Ellul is himself interviewed as are several commentators on Ellul's ideas.
Another hour-length film/video that is focused entirely on Ellul's commentary on technique in our society, "The Treachery of Technology", was produced by Dutch filmmaker Jan van Boekel for ReRun Producties (mail to Postbox 93021, 1090 BA Amsterdam).
If you try to purchase either of these excellent films, be sure to check on compatibility with your video system and on whether English subtitles are provided, if that is desired.
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