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From Enlightenment to Enablement: Opening Up Choices for Innovation

In: The Innovation for Development Report 2009–2010

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  • Andrew Stirling

    (University of Sussex)

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Since the Enlightenment, we have tended to think of scientific and technological progress as linear and cumulative. In the high-level debate over “the knowledge society,” this is still the way these crucial issues are treated in worldwide governance. Technology policy is routinely described as indiscriminately “pro-innovation” and its critics labelled generally “anti-technology.” Scope may be conceded for debates over risk, or the distribution of costs and benefits. But the main challenge is seen as a competitive race along a pre-ordained track. As a key feature of the “knowledge society” and a founding theme of the Enlightenment, it is a remarkable fact that this linear understanding is just plain wrong. This paper will explore some implications.

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  • Andrew Stirling, 2010. "From Enlightenment to Enablement: Opening Up Choices for Innovation," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Innovation for Development Report 2009–2010, chapter 0, pages 199-210, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-28547-7_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230285477_10
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    1. Ruiten, Kyra & Pesch, Udo & Rodhouse, Toyah & Correljé, Aad & Spruit, Shannon & Tenhaaf, Antje & Dijkshoorn, Jochem & van den Berg, Susan, 2023. "Drawing the line: Opening up and closing down the siting of a high voltage transmission route in the Netherlands," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 132(C).
    2. Marin, Anabel & Stubrin, Lilia & van Zwanenberg, Patrick, 2023. "Technological lock-in in action: Appraisal and policy commitment in Argentina's seed sector," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(2).
    3. Andy Stirling, 2012. "Opening Up the Politics of Knowledge and Power in Bioscience," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(1), pages 1-5, January.

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