Innovation and Creativity

Beyond Diffusion - On Ordered (Thus Determinable) Action and Creative Organization

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ID4916624
AuthorsAnders Michelsen (0000-0002-9541-8658, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume96
Issue1
Pages64-82
Publication date2009-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThesis Eleven (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0725513608099120
OpenAlexW2018236327
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

The article confronts Cornelius Castoriadis's philosophy of 'the imaginary institution of society' with issues of innovation in a knowledge society and outlines a new notion of innovation as creative organization. It will take a critical approach to innovation from a historical perspective of postwar systems theory and introduce Castoriadis's philosophy as an interesting option in this regard. It proceeds in four parts: (a) First, it debates the limits of the commonplace metaphor of diffusion and adoption in today's debate on innovation. (b) Second, it will present aspects of Castoriadis's thought as an alternative, in particular his debate on imagination and the proto-institution of legein/teukhein - ordered action. (c) On this background it will treat a case from the Danish innovation industry, the firm Zentropa WorkZ's programme of 'Dramatic Innovation' as an interesting example of an innovation format addressing creativity. (d) In conclusion, it will briefly debate creative knowledge formation in a knowledge society by pondering relations between innovation and current science

Creativity · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Institution · Metaphor · Political science · Social science · Sociology · The Imaginary · Chaos, Complexity, and Education · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models

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