Social and Cultural Dimensions of Innovation in Knowledge Societies

0370923 - FLÚ 2012 RIV CZ eng M - Monography Chapter
Maršálek, Jan
Innovations and Temporality: Reflections on Lévi-Strauss' 'Cold Societies' and Our 'Warming' Science.
Social and Cultural Dimensions of Innovation in Knowledge Societies. Praha: Filosofia, 2011 - (Loudín, J.; Hochgerner, J.), s. 139-149. ISBN 978-80-7007-353-7
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z90090514
Keywords : Lévi-Strauss * temporality * social change * science
Subject RIV: AA - Philosophy ; Religion

Inspired by Claude Lévi-Strauss' analysis of "cold" and "hot" societies, I argue that innovations are not necessarily a factor of social change. In my paper, the emphasis is laid on the manner we treat innovations. It contributes to advance a more sociological way of addressing the topic of innovations and opens the question of the "warming" effect of the innovations studies.
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