Year: 2020
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Preconditions for the intellectual economy development in post-industrial societyThe preconditions that led to the formation and development of the modern intellectual economy should be considered based on the method of historical analysis and, first of all, on the evolution of scientists'views regarding modifications in post-industrial society.In turn, the emergence of the concept of post-industrial society and postindustrial economy has its historical background, an understanding of which is important for the proper perception and use of modern factors of economic growth and social well-being.The first shifts in scientific circles from material resources to intangible, namely information and intellectual, began to take place at the end of the nineteenth century.Marshall A. in 1890 1 emphasizes in his papers that knowledge itself is the driving force and the most powerful engine of production.These ideas are developed in the works of Schumpeter J. (1911) 2 , in which the scientist notes that it is a particular combination of knowledge is the driving force of innovation and production process.In other words, the transition from industrialism to a new system based on intangible factors of production is gradually being realized.As for the formation of the categorical apparatus, the term «postindustrialism» itself was introduced into scientific circulation at the beginning of the 20th century (1914) by the scientist Coomaraswamy A. 3 , who specialized in research on the pre-industrial development of Asian countries.Almost simultaneously the concepts of «post-industrial state» and «post-industrialism» have appeared in the papers of Penty A. 1917Penty A. -1922.4 .4 5 .The work of Drucker P. in 1950 6 was devoted to explaining the main reasons for the transition from industrialism to post-industrialism, in which he began to identify the innovative industries, at the heart of which is knowledge.His ideas were extended by Machlup F. in 1962 7 .The term «post-industrial society» was first used by the American sociologist Riesman D. 8 in his work «Leisure and Labor in a Post-1 Marshall A.
Author: Yu. V. Orlovska
Language: English
Subfield: General Social Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3008555507