Publication: Saint-Simon y los orígenes del pensamiento tecnocrático: contexto y evolución de un discurso
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2021
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Universidad del País Vasco
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El concepto de tecnocracia surge en Francia a principios del XIX, tras la etapa protagonizada por las guerras de la Revolución y del Imperio. Ante los fragores de la crisis contemporánea, Saint-Simon y posteriormente sus discípulos -la escuela sansimoniana- formularon un discurso que se servía de la ciencia, así como de sus leyes y regularidades, para proyectar un nuevo modelo de organización social, basado en los principios esenciales de la actividad industrial. Su objeto era adecuarse a los nuevos tiempos ante el creciente descrédito del concepto de dominación política y el marco de explotación perpetuado desde el pasado. Partiendo de esta problemática, el artículo analiza y busca contextualizar la evolución de este proceso, incidiendo en el papel decisivo de la sacralización de la ciencia como elemento clave para la configuración de una nueva autoridad sustentada sobre la neutralización de la política.
The concept of technocracy arises in France in the early nineteenth century, after the stage dominated by the wars of the Revolution and the Empire. Before the clamour of the contemporary crisis, Saint-Simon and later his disciples -the Saint Simonian school– developed a discourse that used science, as well as its laws and regularities, to project a new model of social organization, based on the essential principles of industrial activity. Its purpose was to adapt to the new times before the growing discredit of the concept of political domination and the framework of exploitation perpetuated from the past. Based on this problem, the article analyses and seeks to contextualize this process, emphasizing the decisive role of the sacralization of science as a key element for the configuration of a new authority based on the neutralization of politics.
The concept of technocracy arises in France in the early nineteenth century, after the stage dominated by the wars of the Revolution and the Empire. Before the clamour of the contemporary crisis, Saint-Simon and later his disciples -the Saint Simonian school– developed a discourse that used science, as well as its laws and regularities, to project a new model of social organization, based on the essential principles of industrial activity. Its purpose was to adapt to the new times before the growing discredit of the concept of political domination and the framework of exploitation perpetuated from the past. Based on this problem, the article analyses and seeks to contextualize this process, emphasizing the decisive role of the sacralization of science as a key element for the configuration of a new authority based on the neutralization of politics.