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Ending technocracy with a neologism? Avivocracy as a conceptual tool

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•Technocracy is the label given to support for fully 'rationalised' governance; it is one of the defining features of Western modernism.•I outline the origins of the word technocracy and its relationship with epistemic injustice and 'practicality'.•I explore several possible candidates as antonyms, and their different inadequacies.•Finally, I propose a neologism - avivocracy -. It foregrounds irreducible uncertainty, ambiguity and uncontrollability in the 21st century.

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  • Hudson, Marc, 2018. "Ending technocracy with a neologism? Avivocracy as a conceptual tool," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 136-139.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:teinso:v:55:y:2018:i:c:p:136-139
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2018.07.006
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