Employing characterology
- Using characterization
- Characterizing
Description
The rational, verifiable account of the characteristics or properties of phenomena, often with a view to exercise control over them.
Implementation
In a chapter called The Characterology of Technique, Jacques Ellul describes traditional techniques as well as the characteristics of modern technique and identifies them as: (1) automatism of technical choice; (2) self-augmentation; (3) monism; (4) the necessary linking together of techniques; (5) technical universalism and (6) the autonomy of technique.
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Reference
SDG
Metadata
Database
Global strategies
Type
(F) Exceptional strategies
Subject
- Social activity » Employers
- Informatics, classification » Classification
- Psychology » Psychology
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Language
English
Last update
Dec 3, 2024