Innovations in the Modern Arts and Sciences

Richard Whitley is Professor Emeritus of Organisational Sociology at the University of Manchester.Jochen Gläser is Professor of Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Technical University Berlin and Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST), Stellenbosch University.

• 1. Introduction2. The Institutionalization of the Modern Arts and Sciences as Novelty-Driven Fields3. Varieties of Innovation and Change in Novelty-Driven Fields4. The Social Contexts of Innovation Development in the Modern Arts and Sciences5. Developing Different Kinds of Innovations in Different Art and Science Worlds6. Developing Innovations in Changing Art Worlds and Science Worlds

'This highly original book examines how novelty creation in the arts and sciences leads to new innovative movements and approaches. An important addition to our understanding of creativity and change.' Glenn Morgan, University of Bristol