The future as an intellectual technology in the Soviet Union
Abstract
This article examines the ways in which the future as a dimension of goal‑oriented behaviour was used to organise and legitimise informal practices of management and planning in the Soviet Union. This study introduces the hitherto unexplored history of reflexive management under an authoritarian regime, focusing on the work of Russian philosopher and management guru Georgii Shchedrovitskii. Drawing on the cybernetic notion of teleology, which...
Paper Details
Title
The future as an intellectual technology in the Soviet Union
Published Date
Jan 1, 2015
Journal
Volume
56
Issue
1
Pages
111 - 134
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