His Time and Politics
It was typical for scientists and engineers of the time to have a very scientific vision of industry. In the first issue of La revue de métallurgie, Le Châtelier published an article describing his convictions on the subject (H. Chatelier, "Role of Science in Industry" in La revue de métallurgie, n°1, 1904 page 1 to 10), discussing the scientific management theory of Frederick Winslow Taylor. In 1928, he published a book on Taylorism.
Le Châtelier was politically conservative. In 1934, he published an opinion on the French forty-hour work week law in the Brussels publication Revue économique internationale. However, in spite of certain anti-parliamentarian convictions, he kept away from any extremist or radical movements.
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