Totalitarianism as Technocratic Rule – Mattias Desmet

„Totalitarianism is the belief that human intellect can be the guiding principle in life and society. It aims to create a utopian, artificial society led by technocrats or experts who, based on their technical knowledge, will ensure that the machine of society runs flawlessly. In this view, the individual is completely subordinated to being a cog in the machine of society.“

Mattias DesmetMattias Desmet describes totalitarianism as technocratic rule that reduces the individual to a cog in the societal machine.
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Mattias Desmet is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Ghent.

A critical view of totalitarianism as technocratic rule that dehumanizes the individual.


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Mattias Desmet teaches Clinical Psychology at the Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Consulting at the University of Ghent. His department's research is strongly clinically and practice-oriented. He focuses on theoretical and practical aspects of psychological counseling and psychoanalysis.

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