innovation

politics

progress

nationality

American

innovator in the field of

history of science

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Science and Technology Studies (STS)

occupation / innovator as

STS scholar

philosopher

is a post enlightenment replacement for 'progress' which, in contrast to the latter term, is detached from the dreams of universal benefit emphasized during the enlightenment.

What's interesting is that 'progress', a term long associated with this point of view, has recently gone out of fashion. This reflects an awareness that the continuing poverty of a major portion of the world's populaiton along with obvious signs of environmental crisis don't exactly add up to progress in the grand sense. A more popular term in business and government these days is 'innovation', a concept that suggests dynamic change but something detached from dreams of universal benefit emphasized during the elightentment' (Winner Interview : 105)

is an arrangement of power and authority in human associations and in activities within those arrangements.

By the term 'politics' I mean arrangements of power and authority in human associations as well as the activities that take place within those arrangements. (Winner 1980 : 2)

is an ideology of univseral enlightenment which, because of continuing world poverty and environmental crisis, has been replaced by the word 'innovation'.

What's interesting is that 'progress', a term long associated with this point of view, has recently gone out of fashion. This reflects an awareness that the continuing poverty of a major portion of the world's populaiton along with obvious signs of environmental crisis don't exactly add up to progress in the grand sense. A more popular term in business and government these dasy is 'innovation', a concept that suggests dynamic change but something detached from dreams of universal benefit emphasized during the elightentment' (Winner Interview : 105)

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