SCIENCE, PROGRESS, AND KORZYBSKI'S PROGRESSIVE VISION.

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Title:	SCIENCE, PROGRESS, AND KORZYBSKI'S PROGRESSIVE VISION.
Authors:	STRATE, LANCE
Source:	ETC: A Review of General Semantics. Jul-Oct2022, Vol. 79 Issue 3/4, p228-249. 22p.
Subjects:	Korzybski, Alfred, 1879-1950, General semantics, Science, Manhood of Humanity: The Science & Art of Human Engineering (Book), Scientists, Engineers
Abstract:	Alfred Korzybski's first book was a response to the personal trauma he experienced during the First World War, and also the collective trauma of the first modern war, the Russian Revolution that led to the establishment of the first communist state, the Industrial Revolution and modernity, and the beginnings of fascism and Nazism. The concept of time-binding that his argument rests upon is related to Korzybski's background as an engineer, with further implications for economics and ethics. Based on this, he puts forth a utopian proposal in "Manhood of Humanity" of a society governed by engineers and scientists, paralleling a similar possibility presented by Thorstein Veblen. Although his emphasis later shifted from the societal to the individual, the progressive vision that originally motivated him remained characteristic of his work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	Alfred Korzybski's first book was a response to the personal trauma he experienced during the First World War, and also the collective trauma of the first modern war, the Russian Revolution that led to the establishment of the first communist state, the Industrial Revolution and modernity, and the beginnings of fascism and Nazism. The concept of time-binding that his argument rests upon is related to Korzybski's background as an engineer, with further implications for economics and ethics. Based on this, he puts forth a utopian proposal in "Manhood of Humanity" of a society governed by engineers and scientists, paralleling a similar possibility presented by Thorstein Veblen. Although his emphasis later shifted from the societal to the individual, the progressive vision that originally motivated him remained characteristic of his work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	0014164X