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Innovations in the Modern Arts and Sciences : Explaining Lasting Change in Novelty-Driven Cultural Fields.
De Gruyter Bristol University Press/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2026 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitley, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whitley, Richard, 1948-.
- Gläser, Jochen.
- Arts and society.
- Science and the humanities.
- Local Subjects:
- Whitley, Richard, 1948-.
- Gläser, Jochen.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (213 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- This book explores how lasting forms of change take shape in the modern arts and sciences, which became organised as fields that valued originality and continual innovation between the 17th and 19th centuries.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- About the Authors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Understanding change in the arts and sciences
- Developing and establishing innovations in the modern arts and sciences
- 2 The Institutionalization of the Modern Arts and Sciences as Novelty-Driven Fields
- Novelty-driven fields of cultural production
- The institutionalization of the arts as novelty-driven fields
- The institutionalization of the sciences as novelty-driven fields
- The transformation of knowledge domains
- New practices of creating and communicating knowledge
- The idea of scientific progress and collective identity of knowledge producers
- The emergence of specialized practitioner communities in the 18th and 19th centuries
- Changing social contexts of novelty-driven production
- Modern art worlds and science worlds as socio-economic contexts of novelty-driven cultural production
- 3 Varieties of Innovation and Change in Novelty-Driven Fields
- Types of innovation and change in novelty-driven fields
- Innovation processes and complementarity in the socio-economic environment
- 4 The Social Contexts of Innovation Development in the Modern Arts and Sciences
- Influences on the development of innovations
- Productive relationships in practitioner communities
- The distribution of authority in art worlds and science worlds
- Types of art worlds and science worlds
- 5 Developing Different Kinds of Innovations in Different Art and Science Worlds
- Innovation development in intermediary-led art worlds
- a) Bebop as a displacement innovation in jazz
- The nature of the innovation
- Developing the innovation
- Conditions supporting the development of the innovation
- b) The Nouvelle Vague as a complementary innovation in French cinema.
- The nature of the innovation
- Summary
- Innovation development in practitioner-led art and science worlds
- a) Cubism as a displacement innovation in the plastic arts
- b) Metafiction as a complementary innovation in anglophone literature
- c) The Oncogene Approach as a displacement innovation in cancer research
- d) The rise of Financial Economics as a displacement innovation in the social sciences
- Innovation development in practitioner-dominated science worlds
- a) Radio Astronomy as a process innovation in the physical sciences
- b) The experimental realization of Bose-Einstein Condensation as a process and complementary innovation
- c) Evolutionary-Developmental Biology as a complementary innovation
- Nature of the innovation
- Examples of stunted development of novelties
- 6 Developing Innovations in Changing Art Worlds and Science Worlds
- Changing authority relationships in art and science worlds.
- a) Temporary weakening of intermediaries' dominance: Bebop and the Nouvelle Vague
- b) Alignment of intermediary priorities and audiences with practitioner interests: Cubism, Metafiction, Oncogene Approach and Financial Economics
- c) Intermediary support for practitioner-dominated sciences: Radio Astronomy, Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) and Evolutionary-Developmental Biology (Evo-devo)
- Changes in the social conditions governing authority structures in art and science worlds
- a) Changing conditions in the contemporary art world of plastic arts
- b) Changing conditions in science worlds
- The analysis of lasting change in novelty-driven production in the modern arts and sciences
- Notes
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Whitley, Richard Innovations in the Modern Arts and Sciences
- ISBN:
- 9781529239393
- OCLC:
- 1610750912
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