The Nature of Creative DevelopmentStanford University Press, 18/05/2006 - 600 páginas 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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... Further, its empirical basis, though broad and in some sense deep, has evident weaknesses and shortcomings. I present it in the belief that its basic structure is sound and the direction in which it points is well worth pursuing, and in ...
... Further, the originality of individuals' contri- butions is rooted in their interests and the paths they define and follow pursuing their interests, thus in their own self-defined paths of development. As I de- scribe, individuals ...
... further creative ideas and insights. Individuals' creative interests, encoded in their minds, provide unique perspectives, enabling them to recognize and respond in distinctive ways to experiences and elements they encounter, to make ...
... further , and identify his cre- ative interest or interests that led him to come upon it or generate the idea for it . In addition to their creative interests being generative of their creativity and the basis of their projects ...
... further aim, to which this book points: the development of descriptions and models of social systems in which individuals are modeled as distinctive and make contributions to their society rooted in their distinctiveness — an approach ...
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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 |