Technocracy, or: the fluctuation of western imaginaries of progress in the 20th centuryCeide, Sarah Lias (Avtor) technocracyconceptual historynarratives of progressmodernityThis article o'ers a conceptual history of the inflationary term “technocracy” throughout the 20th century, showing that its rise in usage stemmed largely from its capacity to articulate fundamental critiques of the perceived excesses of progress. Whether referring to anxieties about “technization” or to statist ambitions in terms of economic policymaking, denunciations of technocracy linked to ideas of progress were numerous and evolved over the century, depending on who employed the concept – and, crucially, when. Drawing on examples from the United States, Germany, and Italy, the article demonstrates how the conceptual history of technocracy reflects the ongoing fluctuation of Western imaginaries of progress and discourses of modernity.20252026-03-11 19:57:39Neznano28220UDK: 321.64:316.7(4-15)"19"ISSN pri članku: 2630-3426COBISS_ID: 268640515sl