Jacob <unknown@stofanet.dk> wrote:
> Her taget fra
http://www.leksikon.org/html/dk/teknokrati.htm (bemærk at det
> er en venstreorienteret leksikon der ikke ser objektivt på tingene, nu er i
> advaret)
>
> «Teknokrati» stod oprindelig for en samfundsopfattelse, som den
> nordamerikanske ingeniør H. Scott udviklede i 1920'erne. Opfattelsen gik ud
> på 1. At en rationel planlægning og styring af samfundet var mulig og 2. At
> ledende personer indenfor teknik, økonomi og administration måtte være
> «subjekter» for denne planlægning og styring. Teknokratiet ville ifølge
> Scott kunne fjerne samfundsmæssige problemer og klassemodsætninger til
> fordel for en videnskabeliggjort ordning og styring, gennemført af
> ekspertgrupper, som havde forudsætninger for at betragte samfundet i et
> «helhedsorienteret» perspektiv.
Og et mindre venstreorienteret:
technocracy
government by technicians who are guided solely by the imperatives of
their technology. The concept developed in the United States early in
the 20th century as an expression of the Progressive movement and became
a subject of considerable public interest in the 1930s during the Great
Depression. The origins of the technocracy movement may be traced to
Frederick W. Taylor's introduction of the concept of scientific
management. Writers such as Henry L. Gannt, Thorstein Veblen, and Howard
Scott suggested that businessmen were incapable of reforming their
industries in the public interest and that control of industry should
thus be given to engineers.
The much-publicized Committee on Technocracy, headed by Walter
Rautenstrauch and dominated by Scott, was organized in 1932 in New York
City. Scott proclaimed the invalidation, by technologically produced
abundance, of all prior economic concepts based on scarcity; he
predicted the imminent collapse of the price system and its replacement
by a bountiful technocracy. Scott's academic qualifications, however,
were discredited in the press, some of the group's data were questioned,
and there were disagreements among members regarding social policy. The
committee broke up within a year and was succeeded by the Continental
Committee on Technocracy, which faded by 1936, and Technocracy, Inc.,
headed by Scott. Technocratic organizations sprang up across the United
States and western Canada, but the technocracy movement was weakened by
its failure to develop politically viable programs for change, and
support was lost to the New Deal and third-party movements. There were
also fears of authoritarian social engineering. Scott's organization
declined after 1940 but still survived in the late 20th century.
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