Fachidiotismus
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Fach + Idiotismus, translating French idiotisme du métier. The French term was coined by Karl Marx, the German translation was coined by Eduard Bernstein and Karl Kautsky.[1]
Noun
[edit]Fachidiotismus m (strong, genitive Fachidiotismus, no plural)
- (Marxism) professional overspecialization [from 1885]
- 1885 [1847], Karl Marx, translated by E. Bernstein and K. Kautsky, Das Elend der Philosophie. Antwort auf Proudhons „Philosophie des Elends“ [Poverty of Philosophy], Stuttgart: Druck und Verlag von J. H. W. Dietz, page 143:
- 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
[edit]Declension of Fachidiotismus [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: vakidiotisme (calque)