Open AccessCan religious belief systems influence technological and social innovations?
Author(s) -
Peter Fleissner
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international review of information ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2563-5638
DOI - 10.29173/irie252
Subject(s) - reification (marxism) , explanatory power , the internet , diffusion of innovations , process (computing) , sociology , knowledge management , epistemology , innovation diffusion , computer science , management science , social science , political science , engineering , world wide web , philosophy , politics , law , operating system
As the author was not satisfied with the explanatory power of economic theories, in particular when they areapplied to the rapid diffusion of the Internet and Internet services, he tries to analyze cultural frameworkconditions and processes involved that inspire inventions and innovative ideas and speed up their diffusion.He offers a scheme of thought to accompany the emergence of ideas and their reification process(Vergegenständlichung) as technical or social innovations. A few examples are given as illustration.