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Communism, in Marx' mind, did not mean simple liberation, but the economics of liberation. The realm of necessity (technē) was to become the primary field for emancipation (praxis), the latter taking form in new institutions, responsive to real socio-economic needs. In this sense, the problem of technocracy and the corporatist ethos in Marx are part of a broader discursive structure, which links the experiences of workers through the industrial revolution with the philosophies ofpraxis as they reach from Hegel through Marković.
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Smith, M.G. Marx, technocracy, and the corporatist ethos. Studies in Soviet Thought 36, 233–250 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02342284
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