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Technocracy, terror and temptation of the modern world - The role of experts is gaining in importance, which causes the absence of public opinion from public affairs, through lack of information, interest or influence. The dream of a „governing democracy” is rapidly fading away. The advent of technocracy is however, at present, not to be feared. Technocracy will meet too many obstacles: the inherent limits of specialists, the embryonic state of certain social sciences, the general opposition of those in government, of the administration, of the party and trade union machines and certain social classes, the diffuse „anti-clericalism” of public opinion, etc. In pluralist societies, power does not belong to anyone, and certainly not to experts alone. All political decisions are the results of parallelograms of forces (experts included). The politician, an expert in Public Affairs, must take into account all the forces. He will, eventually, consult the specialists. The political scientist is the only one who has little chance of being consulted by the politician. It may be better so: the reign of „scientific intelligence” would probably be „the most despotic, the most arrogant and the most scornful of all regimes”.
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How to Cite: Moulin, L. (1961) “De technocratie, schrikbeeld en bekoring van de moderne wereld”, Tijdschrift voor Sociale Wetenschappen. 6(4). doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/tvsw.95637