Innovation Contested: The Idea of Innovation Over the Centuries - Rilegato

Libro 96 di 165: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

Godin, Benoît

 
9780415727204: Innovation Contested: The Idea of Innovation Over the Centuries
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ISBN 10: 0415727200 ISBN 13: 9780415727204
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2015

Sinossi

Innovation is everywhere. In the world of goods (technology), but also in the world of words: innovation is discussed in the scientific and technical literature, but also in the social sciences and humanities. Innovation is also a central idea in the popular imaginary, in the media and in public policy. Innovation has become the emblem of the modern society and a panacea for resolving many problems.

Today, innovation is spontaneously understood as technological innovation because of its contribution to economic "progress". Yet for 2,500 years, innovation had nothing to do with economics in a positive sense. Innovation was pejorative and political. It was a contested idea in philosophy, religion, politics and social affairs. Innovation only got de-contested in the last century. This occurred gradually beginning after the French revolution. Innovation shifted from a vice to a virtue. Innovation became an instrument for achieving political and social goals.

In this book, Benoît Godin lucidly examines the representations and meaning(s) of innovation over time, its diverse uses, and the contexts in which the concept emerged and changed. This history is organized around three periods or episteme: the prohibition episteme, the instrument episteme, and the value episteme.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Benoît Godin is a professor at INRS in Montreal, Canada. He holds a Dphil in science policy from Sussex (UK) University and has written extensively on science policy, research evaluation and science indicators.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2015
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0415727200
ISBN 13 
9780415727204
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
370
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ISBN 10:  1032921277 ISBN 13:  9781032921273
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2024
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