The Lure Of Technocracy by Jürgen Habermas

A critical examination of the tendency to privilege technical expertise and instrumental rationality over democratic deliberation and moral argument, arguing that treating social problems as merely technical leads to depoliticization, erosion of legitimacy, and the colonization of the lifeworld; the work urges a reassertion of communicative action, public discourse, and participatory institutions to restore normative reflection and balance between administrative systems and democratic self-determination.

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