Benoit Godin

Innovation Contested

The Idea of Innovation Over the Centuries

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Produktbeschreibung

Benoît Godin lucidly examines the idea and representations of innovation from antiquity to the present. He studies the 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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032921273
• ISBN-10: 1032921277
• Artikelnr.: 71689543

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Selected Contents: Introduction Part 1: The Emergence of a Concept 1.
Kainotomia and Conceptual Innovation in Ancient Greece 2. Innovo: On the
Vicissitudes and Varieties of a Concept 3. Innovation, or, How to Stabilize
a Changing World Part 2. Use of the Concept: The Prohibition Episteme 4.
'Meddle Not With Them That Are Given to Change': Innovation as Evil 5.
Republicanism as Innovation ... or Not Innovation 6. Social
Innovation: From Scheme to Utopia Part 3. Transformation of the Concept:
The Instrument Episteme 7. Re-imagining Innovation: A Semantic
Rehabilitation 8. Innovation Transformed: From Word to Concept 9. When
Science Had Nothing to Do with Innovation, and Vice-Versa Part 4. Diffusion
of the Concept: The Value Episteme 10. The Vocabulary of Innovation: A
Lexicon 11. Appropriating Innovation: For What Purpose? 12. "Innovation
Studies": The Invention of a Specialty. Conclusion. Appendices. Sources and
References. Index