| Title: | Technocracy, or: the fluctuation of western imaginaries of progress in the 20th century |
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| Authors: | ID Ceide, Sarah Lias (Author) |
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| Files: |  PDF - Presentation file, download (210,07 KB)
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  ZR - Association Retrospektive
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| Abstract: | This 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. |
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| Keywords: | technocracy, conceptual history, narratives of progress, modernity |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.01.2025 |
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| Place of publishing: | Ljubljana |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 181-202 |
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| Numbering: | 8, 2/3 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-28220  |
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| UDC: | 321.64:316.7(4-15)"19" |
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| ISSN on article: | 2630-3426 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 268640515 |
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| Note: | Besedilo v angl.
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 11.03.2026 |
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| Views: | 47 |
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