Voltaire’s Bastards

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book non-fiction book

Voltaire’s Bastards is a non-fiction book by John Ralston Saul that critiques the dominance of rationalist technocracy in modern Western society and its corrosive effects on democracy and human values.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
advocatesFor citizen participation ⓘ
humanist values ⓘ
reconnection of reason with ethics ⓘ
revitalization of democracy ⓘ
author John Ralston Saul ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
criticizes amoral use of reason ⓘ
bureaucratic management of society ⓘ
dominance of rationalist technocracy ⓘ
instrumental reason detached from ethics ⓘ
managerial class ⓘ
overreliance on experts ⓘ
reduction of politics to administration ⓘ
technocratic elites ⓘ
genre cultural criticism ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
hasEdition hardcover edition ⓘ
paperback edition ⓘ
translated editions ⓘ
hasPart analyses of political institutions ⓘ
critiques of economic policy-making ⓘ
critiques of military decision-making ⓘ
discussions of education systems ⓘ
historical case studies ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment thought ⓘ
Voltaire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Western civilization ⓘ
bureaucracy ⓘ
democracy ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
power ⓘ
public policy ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
reason ⓘ
technocracy ⓘ
notableIdea dictatorship of reason ⓘ
failure of elites ⓘ
fragmentation of knowledge ⓘ
separation of means and ends ⓘ
technocratic rationality as a form of power ⓘ
publicationDate 1992 ⓘ
publisher Free Press ⓘ
subtitle The Dictatorship of Reason in the West ⓘ
title Voltaire’s Bastards self-link ⓘ

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Voltaire’s Bastards → title → Voltaire’s Bastards self-link ⓘ