Technocracy and the Epistemology of Human Behavior

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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.

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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.

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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