The Nature of Creative DevelopmentStanford University Press, 18.05.2006 - 600 Seiten The Nature of Creative Development presents a new understanding of the basis of creativity. Describing patterns of development seen in creative individuals, the author shows how creativity grows out of distinctive interests that often form years before one makes his/her main conributions. The book is filled with case studies that analyze creative developments across a wide range of fields. The individuals examined range from Virginia Woolf and Albert Einstein to Thomas Edison and Ray Kroc. The text also considers contemporary creatives interviewed by the author. Feinstein provides a useful framework for those engaged in creative work or in managing such individuals. This text will help the reader understand the nature of creativity, including the difficulties that one may encounter in working creatively and ways to overcome them. |
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... Breadth of Creative Interests Resonances and Connections Creative Responses 248 10 Exploration of Creative Interests and Creativity Generation; Creative Expertise The Role of Conceptions of Creative Interests and Associated Values and ...
... many different ways. These two characteristics, distinctiveness and breadth, are to some degree in tension with one another. The combination of the two 7 is central to defining creative interests as a theoretical feinstein.
... breadth are powerful in combination, and jointly they are integral to the central roles creative interests have in creative development. The many examples of creative interests presented in this book, in particular individuals ...
... breadth in terms of field, and also, to a more limited degree, time period and nationality. I focused on individuals for whom materials pertaining to their creative development exist and are accessible, including individuals for whom ...
... breadth and are relatively open-ended. Narrower questions and problems enter into development separately, for example, in defining projects. I compare and contrast relatively narrow problems and questions with creative interests in ...
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3 The Development of Creative Interests | 62 |
4 Intrinsic Sources of Interest | 107 |
5 Extrinsic and Strategic Factors in the Development of Creative Interests | 134 |
6 Kinds of Creative Interests | 160 |
7 The Distinctiveness and Breadth of Creative Interests | 182 |
8 Resonances and Connections | 224 |
12 Creativity in Projects | 388 |
13 Multiple Interests | 425 |
Patterns of Projects Projects and Interests | 444 |
Evolution of Interests and Sequences of Interests | 463 |
16 Difficulties in Creative Development | 505 |
Modeling Cultural Development | 522 |
Modeling Individuals in Social Systems | 543 |
Appendix | 549 |
9 Creative Responses | 248 |
10 Exploration of Creative Interests and Creativity Generation Creative Expertise | 293 |
11 The Role of Conceptions of Creative Interests and Associated Values and Principles in Guidance Management of Creative Development at the Met... | 353 |
Bibliography | 561 |
Index | 562 |