Bogdanov's Socio-Philosophical Ideas in the Context of Social Designing Goals.

BOGDANOV, A. (Aleksandr), 1873-1928; SOCIAL history; ACTIVISM; SOCIALISM; EPISTEMIC logic

This article argues that Bogdanov's ideas are relevant for analysis of contemporary theory and practice of social designing. We show that activism and empiriomonism together lead to an instrumental understanding of science that forms the basis for a techno-scientific strategy for developing social disciplines. At the same time, the concept of sociohistorical development and "gathering together" of the human being clarifies the contradictions of the participatory model of social designing, indicating in particular the unresolved nature of epistemic inequality and the illusory nature of the collective subject as the one to whom social designing activities can be attributed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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