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Tag: High Modernism

Basic Stances — High Modernism

December 13, 2017

We pride ourselves on the ingenuity of our society and believe we will be able to think our way out of any problems. James Scott calls this blind faith in technology “high modernism,” described as: a strong, one might even say muscle-bound, version of the self-confidence about scientific and technological progress, the expansion of production, … More Basic Stances — High Modernism

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