Browsing by Author "Turner, Hossein"

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[Book Review]: "Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe in Them"

Turner, Hossein. (SETA, 2021)

Joseph Uscinski’s multi-author volume attempts to bring together a wide range of disciplinary perspectives on the phenomena of conspiracy theories (CTs) into one book. Given the significant epistemological disagreements ...
An exploration of various impacts of social media usage: The philosophical and sociological perspectives of Jacques Ellul’s ‘technique’

Turner, Hossein. (Ibn Haldun University, Alliance of Civilization Institute, 2018)

This thesis aims to unearth insights about the relevance and degree of applicability of the concept of “technique” as defined by the French philosopher and sociologist Jacques Ellul in his seminal work, “La Technique” ...
The internet as a sacred and irrational space within the Ellulian milieu of ‘technique’

Turner, Hossein. (Intellect Ltd., 2022)

This article attempts to critically assess the concept of a ‘fourth milieu’ of ‘virtuality’ as possibly unique and distinct from Jacques Ellul’s technical milieu (the third of Ellul’s theoretical ‘three milieus’). The ...