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German
Etymology
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
Fachidiotismus m (strong, genitive Fachidiotismus, no plural)
- (Marxism) professional overspecialization
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
Declension of Fachidiotismus
Descendants
References
- ^ Karl Marx (1847) Misère de la philosophie [The Poverty of Philosophy], published 1896, page 200