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Paperback: 366 pages
Publisher: Duke University Press Books (November 15, 1976)
This collection of essays brings psychiatric and philosophical authority to the discussion of an important topic - creativity. From a psychiatric perspective creativity is essential to understand for mental and health reasons. The ability of individuals to function normally in a society is a creative endeavor and hence of interest to psychologists. Philosophers value creativity for its own sake as only they can do, but also "in order to identify and nurture creative talent. The problem is that "the task of gaining knowledge about creativity is very difficult .... Creativity is quite complex" (p. 5).
The first selection of essays characterizes creativity. Some define creativity as the possession of geniuses; others say everyone is practically creative. Still others would say creativity is time-variant and God's gift bestowed upon the chosen few. With such diversity, there is bound to be a good deal of general disagreement and contradiction" (p. ). The selection outlines these disagreements and contradictions, and is followed by four other chapters of varying lengths. Each chapter has a separate introduction of it own. Specifically Chapter 1 focuses on the works that have had a profound "influence on the entire intellectual tradition of Western civilization" (p. 27). These include among others Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Galton, and Freud. These authors did not develop theories of creativity, but everyone of them had something important to say. As an example, for Plato creativity is inspiration; for Aristotle it is the art of making things happen; and creativity is inherited ingenuity for Galton.
Chapter 2 of the book describes aspects of the creative process.Read more ›
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