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Alexander Bogdanov
Similarly, the book [[Philip Dru: Administrator]] written by President [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s advisor [[Colonel House]], has a very strong technocratic construct<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PSy_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192 Pathology of the Elites: How the Arrogant Classes Plan to Run Your Life]</ref> with its propensity to describe the important role of expertise, bureaucracies, and quick decision.
Similarly, the book [[Philip Dru: Administrator]] written by President [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s advisor [[Colonel House]], has a very strong technocratic construct<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PSy_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192 Pathology of the Elites: How the Arrogant Classes Plan to Run Your Life]</ref> with its propensity to describe the important role of expertise, bureaucracies, and quick decision.
Alexander Bogdanov, a Russian [[Socialist]] and engineer, is considered another early advocate of technocracy.<ref>[http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2000s/2007/no-1232-april-2007/bogdanov-technocracy-and-socialism Bogdanov, technocracy and socialism]</ref> Bogdanov called his theory ''Tektology'' in a book titled ''Tektology: Universal Organization Science''.<ref>[http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Alexander_Bogdanov Alexander Bogdanov]</ref>
==Critiques==
==Critiques==
{{cquote|Socialists have been saying pretty much the same thing for the past two generations. But then, nobody pays much attention to us Socialists. This time, however, it is the leading experts of the engineering profession who are speaking - the sort of people the American public looks up to.<ref name=UPI>{{cite news |title=Technocracy's Theory Lauded by Socialists |url=http://newspaperarchive.com/us/virginia/pulaski/pulaski-southwest-times/1932/12-23/ |newspaper= Pulaski Southwest Times |date=23 December 1932}}</ref>}}
{{cquote|Socialists have been saying pretty much the same thing for the past two generations. But then, nobody pays much attention to us Socialists. This time, however, it is the leading experts of the engineering profession who are speaking - the sort of people the American public looks up to.<ref name=UPI>{{cite news |title=Technocracy's Theory Lauded by Socialists |url=http://newspaperarchive.com/us/virginia/pulaski/pulaski-southwest-times/1932/12-23/ |newspaper= Pulaski Southwest Times |date=23 December 1932}}</ref>}}
[[Stuart Chase]], an early member of the [[Technical Alliance]], was also an ardent [[socialist]].
[[Stuart Chase]], an early member of the [[Technical Alliance]], was also an ardent [[socialist]]. Alexander Bogdanov, who advocated a system called ''Tektology'' which bears a marked resemblance to ''technocracy'', was a socialist as well.
==See Also==
==See Also==