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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... conventional ideas about interests and differs in significant respects from them. It is a commonplace that individuals engaged in creative endeavors have creative interests; indeed individuals engaged in creative endeavors frequently ...
... 42; it was extended by Jacques Hadamard, An Essay on the Psychology ofInvention in the Mathematical Field (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1945). 32 in a conventional subject domain; then they randomly make 1. Introduction.
Jonathan S. Feinstein. 32 in a conventional subject domain; then they randomly make combinations among them, either in their unconscious or more consciously. If a combination they make is a “good” one, that is original and potentially ...
... conventional notion of an interest and resemble ordinary interests; however, in other important respects they are different, hence thinking about them in these conventional terms is misleading. An interest, in customary usage, is a ...
... conventional subjects that can be described simply, for example, baseball, gardening, modern art, and American politics. Our creative interests however are not like this. They possess breadth, but not so much as broad conventional ...
Inhalt
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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 |