Technocracy and the Epistemology of Human Behavior

The Debate over Power Without Knowledge
Herausgeber: Gunn, Paul

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Technocracy and the Epistemology of Human Behavior, thirteen political theorists, including Friedman himself, debate the implications of Power Without Knowledge for social science, modern governance, the politics of expertise, post-structuralism, anarchism, and democratic theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781032357539
• ISBN-10: 1032357533
• Artikelnr.: 64654406

Autorenporträt

Paul Gunn is Lecturer in Political Economy and Public Policy in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, and Associate Editor of the Critical Review.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Political Epistemology Beyond Democratic Theory 1. Exit
Voice and Technocracy 2. Disagreement
Epistemic Paralysis
and the Legitimacy of Technocracy 3. A Family Affair: Populism
Technocracy
and Political Epistemology 4. Technocracy
Governmentality
and Post-Structuralism 5. Social Science and the Problem of Interpretation: A Pragmatic Dual(ist) Approach 6. The Spiral of Responsibility and the Pressure to Conflict 7. Architects and Engineers: Two Types of Technocrat and Their Relation to Democracy 8. What Follows from the Problem of Ignorance? 9. Power
Knowledge
and Anarchism 10. Why Do Experts Disagree? 11. Political Epistemology
Technocracy
and Political Anthropology: Reply to a Symposium on Power Without Knowledge