Developing the innovation studies: ontology, axiology, methodology

There is a lack of understanding of what social and anthropological consequences does innovative development have and what is its impact to the individual and society, country and the world community. Modern innovation studies have to consider these aspects. To show the grounds of the development of the innovation studies is a main objective of this article. Innovation studies became the new independent scientific field at the second half of the 20th century. The reason was scientific, technical and socio-economic development at the USA and European countries. Epistemological foundations of the innovation studies are philosophy, economics, management, engineering, design, entrepreneurship, system analysis, cybernetics, information technology, sociology, cultural studies, etc. A brief history of innovations shows that its main subjects are universities, business and government. They determine the dominant understanding of the innovations now. Key issues of the innovation study are the technological development and its economic efficiency. Modernity is the transition from the technological civilization to the human civilization (post-industrial society, information society). Values of the technological civilization are: - Conception of man as an activity-being individual which opposes to the nature and controls it; - The value of the transformative and creative activity; - The value of active and sovereign individual; - Technological manipulation of the nature as well as the society; - The value of innovations and progress. Comparison of innovative ideology values and technological civilization values shows its close relationship. The crisis of technological civilization is described. Social and anthropological characteristics of this crisis are shown. So, new values are going to appear in the nearest future. But there is a lack of understanding of social and human aspects of the innovative development. The conclusion is that there is a need to include social and human aspects to the understanding of the innovations, both in theory and in practice. Social and philosophical research community have to made problematization of the innovative development and its risks. Innovation management as a practice of decision-making should take this into consideration. Subjects of the philosophy and sociology of technology, social philosophy, anthropology, cultural studies have to be considered. Innovation study is an interdisciplinary field of knowledge. In the frame of it there is a great potential of the connection of the knowledge from the different social and humanity areas. Methodological features of the innovation studies are unstructured of its subject, blurring of its borders, and lack of its terminological integrity

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