Innovation Contested: The Idea of Innovation Over the Centuries

By Benoît Godin

Beno t 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 episteme, and the value episteme.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415727200
• ISBN13: 9780415727204
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"