The nature of creative development / Jonathan S. Feinstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feinstein, Jonathan S., 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (594 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Business Books, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Nature of Creative Development explores how creative individuals come to have ideas, pursue projects, and make contributions to society. The author pays specific attention to the ways in which creativity grows out of and is sparked by personal interests and experiences. Many creative individuals are addressed throughout the book, including Virginia Woolf, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Ray Kroc, and Piet Mondrian.

Contents:

Introduction

Creative interests and conceptions of creative interests

The development of creative interests

Intrinsic sources of interest

Extrinsic and strategic factors in the development of creative interests

Kinds of creative interests

The distinctiveness and breadth of creative interests

Resonances and connections

Creative responses

Exploration of creative interests and creativity generation : creative expertise

The role of conceptions of creative interests and associated values and principles in guidance : management of creative development at the meta-level

Creativity in projects

Multiple interests

Patterns of creative development: patterns of projects : projects and interests

Patterns of creative development : evolution of interests and sequences of interests

Difficulties in creative development

Creative development and linkages of cultural transmission : modeling cultural development

Epilogue : modeling individuals in social systems.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804784498

0804784493

OCLC:

821176569