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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... Cultural Transmission: Modeling Cultural Development 18 Epilogue: Modeling Individuals in Social Systems Appendix Bibliography 561 Index 463 505 522 543 549 562 Preface This book has been many years in the making, Contents.
... cultural development of ideals is in turn driven by individuals' needs in their work and the social evaluation of their work, and another about prehistoric cave painting and possible principles of representation that may have guided ...
... cultural history, and different approaches to social theorizing, but also was finding the biographical details about the individuals whose works I read intrinsically interesting. I read biographical details with interest and often ...
... cultural values and principles guide individuals in their choices about which projects to pursue and in defining projects and making revisions to them. I recognized that my focus naturally extended to linkages of cultural transmission ...
... cultural value ofindividualism. Social science models do not describe individuals in their distinctiveness or individuals' unique paths oflife and development, at least not in deep ways. And social scientists do not study the ...
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 |