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Explaining Creativity : The Science of Human Innovation.
Title:
Explaining Creativity : The Science of Human Innovation.
Author:
Sawyer, R.Keith.
ISBN:
9780195347593
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (308 pages)
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
Includes research by anthropologists on creativity in non-Western cultures, and research by sociologists about the situation, contexts, and networks of creative activity. This book considers not only arts like painting and writing, but also science, stage performance, and business innovation.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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