Technocratic consciousness suppresses the communicative interest at the core of socialization

Evidence

The new ideology [i.e. technocratic consciousness] damages … an interest that is linked to one of the two fundamental conditions of our cultural existence: the interest in language or, more precisely, in the form of socialization and individualization that takes place through colloquial communication. This interest extends to the preservation of an intersubjectivity of understanding, and to the production of a form of communication that is free of domination. The technocratic consciousness allows this practical interest to disappear in favour of an interest in extending our technological capacities. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2691

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘technocratic consciousness’ as ideology that displaces the practical interest in non-dominated colloquial communication with a technological-capacity interest — a core Habermas concept.
• XREF: Foreshadows Habermas’s later distinction between system and lifeworld colonizing communication. — connects to: Failed socialization forces revolutionary alternatives into the vacuum — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 30; Technocratic consciousness is less visible as ideology yet more harmful than older ideologies — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2700; Technocratic illusion legitimizes depoliticization by presenting policy as mere administration — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2699 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Technocratic consciousness is less visible as ideology yet more harmful than older ideologies #expands (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2700