The Dark Side of Planning: Rationality and 'Realrationalität'
Year: 1996
Type: preprint
Abstract: Niccolo Machiavelli, the founder of modern political and administrative thought, made clear that an understanding of politics requires distinguishing between formal politics and what later, with Ludwig von Rochau, would become known as Realpolitik. No such distinction has been employed in the study of rationality. Yet I will argue that distinguishing between formal rationality and real rationality is as important for the understanding of rationality and planning as the distinction between formal politics and Realpolitik has been for understanding politics.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Author: Bent Flyvbjerg
Institution: University of Oxford
Language: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1531195620