INNOVATION AND INNOVATION ACTIVITY AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY AND ECONOMY: PHILOSOPHICAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

The article investigates the phenomenon of innovation in today's realities and, above all, not so much in the context of a narrowly applied scientific importance in areas such as economics, political science, sociology, cultural studies, etc., but in a more general - theoretical terms. We describe the three main, in our opinion, the socio-cultural model of philosophical understanding of innovation processes: models of the Renaissance, Modern Times and the post-industrial stage of civilization development of the society. The article presents the results of socio-economic analysis of the philosophical and innovation as the driving force of development of society and the economy and the main characteristics of the innovator.