Technique for Luhmann is autonomous, calculable procedure detached from implicit needs

Evidence

The words ‘lifeworld’ and ‘technique’ are inspired by phenomenological philosophy. Luhmann was a keen reader of Edmund Husserl. Technique is here used in a much broader sense than skill, referring to a way of carrying out a particular task or procedure. Technique means that this becomes more autonomous and calculable without considering all the needs and references that might be implicit in the task or procedure. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 88

Categorization

• DEFINE: Core definition anchoring the reader’s thesis: Stevens’s professionalism-as-technique is precisely procedure detached from the human needs it serves.
• XREF: Luhmann’s Husserl-derived ‘technique’ aligns with Giddens’s expert systems — another direct bridge for the reader’s comparative argument.