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• Σκουλάς, Γιώργος

In this article is made an analysis of the social and psychological dimensions of the individual’s development in bourgeois society at present, in comparison with the period of the II World War. The resemblance and difference in economic, social and technical aspects are analyzed regarding both periods, in order to comprehend what kind of political power was exercised and so indicate its various implications upon citizens. The investigation is directed towards the method of exercising power that is, how the authoritarian rule of that particular epoch, which had subordinated the human being into positivist reasoning in all levels of social existence, differs from the present political ruling.

• Economics and Business

• Οικονομική ιστορία

Authoritarian Rule, Empiricism, Positivism, Technology, Cognition, Human Development, Reason

JEL classification: N0, O00