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Is Responsible Innovation Possible? The Problem of Depoliticization for a Normative Framework of RI
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Abstract Global frameworks of RI face several challenges. These include (1) the extent to which economic interests can be reconciled with the concept of responsibility in innovation processes and (2) the lack of a strong political dimension in these frameworks' conception of responsibility. Responding to the... view more
Global frameworks of RI face several challenges. These include (1) the extent to which economic interests can be reconciled with the concept of responsibility in innovation processes and (2) the lack of a strong political dimension in these frameworks' conception of responsibility. Responding to these challenges is crucial if RI is to ensure that societal and natural needs are sufficiently considered in the innovation process. The influence of economic incentives on innovation processes coupled with the widespread depoliticization of persons makes it more urgent that RI adopt a political conception of responsibility in order to safeguard the legitimacy of the values and outcomes it deems societally desirable. This paper argues that the operative conception of responsibility in RI should be broadened to include a stronger political dimension. To this end, I turn to the work of Hannah Arendt to continue rethinking the concept of "the political" and, by extension, how responsibility and politics can be understood as two sides of the same coin.... view less
Keywords
responsibility; politics; Arendt, H.; innovation
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Free Keywords
depoliticization; (R)RI; Hannah Arendt
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 107-126
Journal
NOvation - Critical Studies of Innovation (2020) 2
Issue topic
Responsible Innovation (RI) in the midst of an innovation crisis
ISSN
2562-7147
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0