The Creativity Advantage
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2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-24455-8 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-24455-8 (ISBN)
Creativity is usually seen as a good thing, but why? This book offers an overview of creativity studies, emphasizing the personal benefits for the creator. It highlights many different benefits that are not as often discussed including self-insight, healing, social connection, drive, and legacy.
Creativity is usually seen as a good thing, but why? The Creativity Advantage first offers an overview of creativity studies with an emphasis on the little-discussed benefits of being creative. These include how creativity can lead to self-insight, help people heal, forge connections with others, inspire drive, and enable people to leave behind a meaningful legacy. Written in an engaging style and illustrated with interesting anecdotal material, this book offers a new perspective on creativity scholarship that can serve as an introduction to the field for newcomers or as a way to encourage new avenues for research.
Creativity is usually seen as a good thing, but why? The Creativity Advantage first offers an overview of creativity studies with an emphasis on the little-discussed benefits of being creative. These include how creativity can lead to self-insight, help people heal, forge connections with others, inspire drive, and enable people to leave behind a meaningful legacy. Written in an engaging style and illustrated with interesting anecdotal material, this book offers a new perspective on creativity scholarship that can serve as an introduction to the field for newcomers or as a way to encourage new avenues for research.
Dr. James C. Kaufman is Professor of Educational Psychology at the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut, USA. He is the author/editor of more than fifty books, including The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity (2019). He is a past president of Division 10 (Aesthetics, Creativity, & the Arts) of the American Psychological Association.
Preface; Part I. The Basics of Creativity: 1. To define the undefinable; 2. From tiny to small. 3. How everyday magic works; 4. Stumbling toward genius; 5. An overwhelming question; Part II. The Benefits of Creativity: 6. Self-insight; 7. Healing; 8. Connection; 9. Drive; 10. Legacy; Afterword.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.06.2023 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 320 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-24455-8 / 1009244558 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-24455-8 / 9781009244558 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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