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{{d|High modernism|haɪ ˈmɒdᵊnɪzᵊm|n}}A form of modernism, characterised by an utmost faith in the power of science and technology to organise, explain and manage the social and natural worlds. | |||
As {{author|James C. Scott}} articulates it in {{br|Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed}}, a “muscle-bound” self-confidence in the expansion of production; our growing ability to satisfy human needs and master nature (including human nature) “and, above all, the rational design of social order commensurate with the scientific understanding of natural laws”. | As {{author|James C. Scott}} articulates it in {{br|Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed}}, a “muscle-bound” self-confidence in the expansion of production; our growing ability to satisfy human needs and master nature (including human nature) “and, above all, the rational design of social order commensurate with the scientific understanding of natural laws”. | ||