Creativity: Theory, History, PracticeCreativity: Theory, History, Practice offers important new perspectives on creativity in the light of contemporary critical theory and cultural history. Innovative in approach as well as argument, the book crosses disciplinary boundaries and builds new bridges between the critical and the creative. It is organised in four parts:
Rob Pope takes significant steps forward in the process of rethinking a vexed yet vital concept, all the while encouraging and equipping readers to continue the process in their own creative or 're-creative' ways. Creativity: Theory, History, Practice is invaluable for anyone with a live interest in exploring what creativity has been, is currently, and yet may be. |
Contents
Part 1 Why creativity now? | 1 |
Part 2 Dening creativity creating denitions | 35 |
Part 3 Creation as myth story metaphor | 135 |
A critical anthology | 195 |
after the end | 269 |
Further reading by topic | 271 |
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