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Worldmaking: Psychology and the Ideology of Creativity / by Michael Hanchett Hanson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanchett Hanson, Michael., Author.
- Series:
- Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology, 2946-2460
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy of mind.
- Psychology.
- Social sciences--History.
- Social sciences.
- Cognitive psychology.
- Educational psychology.
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Personality.
- Difference (Psychology).
- Philosophy of Mind.
- History of Psychology.
- Cognitive Psychology.
- Educational Psychology.
- Epistemology.
- Personality and Differential Psychology.
- Local Subjects:
- Philosophy of Mind.
- History of Psychology.
- Cognitive Psychology.
- Educational Psychology.
- Epistemology.
- Personality and Differential Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Michael Hanchett Hanson weaves together the history of the development of the psychological concepts of creativity with social constructivist views of power dynamics and pragmatic insights. He provides an engaging, thought-provoking analysis to interest anyone involved with creativity, from psychologists and educators to artists and philosophers.
- Contents:
- Cover ; Half-Title ; Title ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; List of Illustrations ; Preface: Teaching and Learning ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction: Our Concept of Change ; Our new idea ; Functions of the concept ; An unusual dialogue ; Creativity as ideology ; Overview of this book
- 1 Creativity at Large: Functions and Controversies Philosophical implications ; Philosophical mashups ; Summary of key arguments ; 2 Ideation: The 'Box' and Its Discontents ; The Freudian inflection point ; Gestalt: perceptual restructuring ; Behaviorist response
- Divergent thinking Inside-the-box thinking ; Summary of key arguments ; 3 Worldmaking: Functions and Technologies of the Creative 'Box' ; Pragmatics and confusion ; The world of social constructivist philosophy ; Functions of the outside-the-box view ; Psychosocial technologies
- Ideation technologies Applications ; Summary of key arguments ; 4 Self-Actualization: The Pursuit of Potential ; Self-actualization ; Creativity and the self-actualized person ; Rogers's concept of the actualizing self ; Openness to experience ; Trait research ; Freedom or exile?
- The happy child paradigm Creating a school of psychology ; Summary of key arguments ; 5 Worldmaking: Functions and Technologies of Actualization ; Inspiration with broad implications ; Functions of actualization ; Psychosocial technologies ; Applications
- Existential themes and the question of human nature
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137408051
- 1137408057
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