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| − | A '''Technocracy''' is defined as ''a system in which people with a lot of knowledge about science or technology control a society''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technocracy |title=technocracy: definition |work=[[Merriam-Webster]] }}</ref> | + | A '''Technocracy''' is defined as ''a system in which people with a lot of knowledge about science or technology control a society''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technocracy |title=technocracy: definition |work=[[Merriam-Webster]] }}</ref> William Henry Smyth has been recognized as inventing the word "technocracy" in 1919 to describe as he put it: "''the rule of the people made effective through the agency of their servants, the scientists and engineers''"<ref>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Barry|title=Sleepers, Wake! Technology and the Future of Work|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=214}}</ref>. Smyth had [[Industrial Democracy]] in mind when he coined the term<ref>{{cite book|last=Smyth|first=William H.|title=Technocracy Parts I-IV., Working Explosively, A Protest Against Mechanistic Efficiency. Working Explosively Versus Working Efficiently|publisher=Berkeley Gazette|quote=Technocracy Part III., "Technocracy" - Ways and Means To Gain Industrial Democracy}}</ref>. |
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| + | * [https://archive.org/details/technocracyworki00smytrich William Henry Smyth, Technocracy Parts I-IV., Working Explosively, A Protest Against Mechanistic Efficiency. Working Explosively Versus Working Efficiently.] at [[archive.org]] | ||
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Revision as of 00:42, June 20, 2015
A Technocracy is defined as a system in which people with a lot of knowledge about science or technology control a society.[1] William Henry Smyth has been recognized as inventing the word "technocracy" in 1919 to describe as he put it: "the rule of the people made effective through the agency of their servants, the scientists and engineers"[2]. Smyth had Industrial Democracy in mind when he coined the term[3].
James Burnham
In his seminal work The Managerial Revolution, Burnham lists Technocracy as one of four managerial ideologies alongside Communism, Nazism, and New Dealism.
See Also
References
- ↑ technocracy: definition. Merriam-Webster.
- ↑ Jones, Barry. Sleepers, Wake! Technology and the Future of Work. Oxford University Press, 214.
- ↑ Smyth, William H.. Technocracy Parts I-IV., Working Explosively, A Protest Against Mechanistic Efficiency. Working Explosively Versus Working Efficiently. Berkeley Gazette. “Technocracy Part III., "Technocracy" - Ways and Means To Gain Industrial Democracy”
