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Fachidiotismus
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German
Etymology
From de Fach Idiotismus, translating de fr idiotisme du métier 1. The French term was coined by Karl Marx, the German translation was coined by Eduard Bernstein and Karl Kautsky.1847 1896 Misère de la philosophie The Poverty of Philosophy Karl Marx Karl Marx 200
Noun
m.sg
de Marxism professional overspecialization from 1885
de w:Karl Marx E. Bernstein; K. Kautsky Das Elend der Philosophie. Antwort auf Proudhons „Philosophie des Elends“ 1885 1847 Poverty of Philosophy Druck und Verlag von J. H. W. Dietz Stuttgart 143 https://archive.org/details/ldpd_14861084_000/page/143/mode/1up Was die Arbeitstheilung in der modernen Gesellschaft charakterisirt, ist die Thatsache, dass sie die Spezialitäten, die Fachleute und mit ihnen den Fachidiotismus erzeugt. What characterises the division of labour inside modern society is that it engenders specialised functions, specialists, and with them craft-idiocy
Declension
m.sg
Related terms
de Fachidiot
Descendants
nl vakidiotisme 1
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