Explaining Creativity
The Science of Human Innovation
1st Edition
Published on 7. January 2006
308 pages
978-0-19-534759-3 (ISBN)
Description
Today's science of creativity is interdisciplinary, in addition to psychological studies of creativity, Explaining Creativity includes research by anthropologists on creativity in non-Western cultures, and research by sociologists about the situations, contexts, and networks of creative activity. Explaining Creativity brings these approaches together within the sociocultural approach to creativity pioneered by Howard Becker, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Howard Gardner. The sociocultural approach moves beyond the individual to consider the social and cultural contexts of creativity, emphasizing the role of collaboration and context in the creative process.
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Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Part I Conceptions
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Conceptions of Creativity
- INTERLUDE 1 Defining Creativity
- Part II Individualist Approaches
- Chapter 3 Personality Psychology
- Chapter 4 The Second Wave: Cognitive Psychology
- Chapter 5 Biology
- Chapter 6 Computational Approaches
- INTERLUDE 2 From Individual to Context
- Part III Contextualist Approaches
- Chapter 7 Sociology
- Chapter 8 Culture
- Chapter 9 History
- INTERLUDE 3 Applying Individualist and Contextualist Approaches to Creativity
- Part IV Artistic Creativity
- Chapter 10 Visual Creativity
- Chapter 11 Writing
- Chapter 12 Music
- Chapter 13 Acting
- INTERLUDE 4 Goodbye to Our Creativity Myths
- Part V Everyday Creativity
- Chapter 14 Science
- Chapter 15 Business Creativity
- Chapter 16 How to Be More Creative
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
