Phonophore (universal speaker)
The phonophore ( Greek for “sound carrier”) or “all-speaker” is a fictional technical device in Ernst Jünger's science fiction Heliopolis. Review of a City (1949) and Eumeswil (1977). The device is similar to today's mobile phone and (similar to a smartphone ) also has internet properties. It is usually carried “in the left breast pocket”.
At Ernst Jünger, phonophores also take the place of ID cards and passports . The confiscation of the personal phonophore corresponds to the “earlier withdrawal of civil rights”. In addition, the phonophore shows the social status of its wearer. The phonophores also serve as voting machines, with them the votes are cast. In Heliopolis, the specifications come from the authorities or authorities.
Finally, the phonophore also represents a GPS system and enables banking transactions to be carried out, including being a credit card .
A downside of the phonophore, similar to today's cell phones, is that it is easier to intercept compared to conventional phones and that the police can locate the person speaking.
literature
- Ernst Jünger: Heliopolis. Looking back at a city. Tübingen 1949. (first edition)
- Ernst Jünger: Complete Works, Third Section, Narrative Writings II, Volume 16. Heliopolis, Stuttgart 1980.
- Ernst Jünger: Eumeswil. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-12-904170-2
Individual evidence
- ^ Phonophore . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 18, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 726.
- ↑ Jünger describes the device in Heliopolis, p. 334ff.
- ↑ Heliopolis , 1949, p. 336