The Nature of Creative Development

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Stanford University Press, 18/05/2006 - 572 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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Introduction
1
Creative Interests and Conceptions of Creative Interests
36
The Development of Creative Interests
62
Intrinsic Sources of Interest
107
Extrinsic and Strategic Factors in the Development of Creative Interests
134
Kinds of Creative Interests
160
The Distinctiveness and Breadth of Creative Interests
182
Resonances and Connections
224
The Role of Conceptions of Creative Interests and Associated Values and Principles in Guidance Management of Creative Development at the MetaLe...
353
Creativity in Projects
388
Multiple Interests
425
Patterns of Projects Projects and Interests
444
and Sequences of Interests 463 505
463
Modeling Cultural Development
522
Modeling Individuals in Social Systems
543
Appendix
549

Creative Responses
248
Exploration of Creative Interests and Creativity Generation Creative Expertise
293

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Jonathan S. Feinstein is the John G. Searle Professor of Economics and Management at the Yale School of Management.

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