Presentation
Fear and Loathing in the Technological City
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference
(2021)
Abstract
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.
Disciplines
Publication Date
November 13, 2021
Location
Las Vegas, NV
Citation Information
Michael J. Paulus. "Fear and Loathing in the Technological City" Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference (2021) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael_paulus/77/