Underlying the current dynamics of technological developments,
their divergence or convergence and the abundance of options,
promises and risks they contain, is the quest for innovation, the
contributors to this volume argue. The seemingly insatiable demand
for novelty coincides with the rise of modern science and the onset
of modernity in Western societies. Never before has the Baconian
dream been so close to becoming reality: wrapped into a globalizing
capitalism that seeks ever expanding markets for new products,
artifacts and designs and new processes that lead to gains in
efficiency, productivity and profit. However, approaching these
developments through a wider historical and cultural perspectives,
means to raise questions about the plurality of cultures, the
interaction between "hardware" and "software" and about the nature
of the interfaces where technology meets with economic, social,
legal, historical constraints and opportunities. The authors come
to the conclusion that inside a seemingly homogenous package and a
seemingly universal quest for innovation many differences
remain.
Helga Nowotny, who has a doctorate in law from the University of
Vienna and a Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University, New York,
was Professor of Social Studies of Science at ETH Zurich since and
Director of Collegium Helveticum. Currently she is Chair of the
European Research Advisory Board (EURAB) of the European Commission
and Director of the post-doctorate Branco Weiss Fellowship. She was
Executive Director of the European Center in Vienna, which she
founded, and for seven years Chairperson of the Standing Committee
for the Social Sciences of the European Science Foundation.
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