Introduction

This chapter introduces the book and, thus, the debate on innovation that the book contains. The editors offer a background as to why it is important to offer critique of innovation, but also why they find it important and prefer to do a book that offers both pros and cons rather than critique only, and emphasize that this book is to be seen as merely the beginning of a debate on innovation. The concept of “hyperobject” is introduced as a way to make sense of what “innovation” may be about. Finally, the editors present the structure of the book and offer a brief introduction to each chapter of the book.