Social Creativity Volume 1 (Alfonso Montuori, Ronald E. Purser)

Quantity in Basket:none Code: 1-57273-129-X Price:$32.50 Title: Social Creativity Volume 1 Editor(s): Alfonso Montuori, Ronald E. Purser Publish Date: 1999 Pages: 352 Format: Paper

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"This work resonates with one of the most exciting movements in contemporary scholarship: to redraw the Western conception of the person, to locate our roots within relationships as opposed to isolated consciousness. This is a rich and multi-faceted collection that vitally expands the resources for achieving this end." ~Kenneth Gergen, author of The Saturated Self and Realities and Relationships "A refreshing atom blast shattering outdated definitions of creativity limited to the image of the lone genius. The editors have provided a 'crash course' in systems-oriented thinking that opens up the possibility for a more contextual and systemic perspective of the creative process. Anyone interested in creativity must read this work." ~Suzi Gablik, author of The Reenchantment of Art and Conversations Before the End of Time "A thoughtful and provocative collection of studies ... continues a bold initiative in an emerging field of social thought." ~Robert Grudin, author of The Grace of Great Things and Dialogue "I can think of no other book that brings together a group of thinkers better able to illuminate and reconstitute the conceptual foundations of how the modern idea of creativity is understood. Sensing the increasing gulf between the commodified meaning and uses of creativity, and the conceptually rich and varied ways that seminal thinkers have been considering it, Montuori and Purser have given both the academic community and the public a truly transformative book." ~C.A. Bowers, author of The Culture of Denial: Why the Environmental Movement Needs a Strategy for Reforming Universities and Public Schools "A topnotch collection of thoughtful essays on the complex relationships between creativity and the social order." ~Philip Slater, author or The Pursuit of Loneliness and A Dream Deferred "Open the brain of the genius seeking the roots of creativity and discover a story whose main characters are not neurons, but other people, economic circumstances and social institutions. In this excellent volume, Montuori and Purser have made a convincing case on behalf of a social understanding of creativity and genius. This volume challenges those for whom genius resides inside the individual by demonstrating the role of the broader social, economic, and historical conditions not simply in shaping an otherwise hidden creativity, but in defining its very character." ~Edward E. Sampson, author of Celebrating the Other Contents: Social Creativity: Introduction, Alfonso Montuori and Ronald E. Purser. PART ONE: ROOTS OF CREATIVITY. All Creation is a Collaboration, Frank Barron. The Narrative Imagination, Richard Kearney. PART TWO: CREATIVITY AND MODERNITY. The Two Faces of Creativity, Morris Berman. Creativity, Romanticism, and the Rise of Consumerism, Tony Stigliano. PART THREE: LANGUAGE AND THE REDISCOVERY OF THE ORDINARY. Knowledge Creating as Dialogic Accomplishment: A Constructionist Perspective, Frank J. Barrett. Ordinary Creativity, Mary Catherine Bateson. PART FOUR: CREATIVITY AT WORK. The Social Construction of Creative Lives, Carol A. Mockros and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Reconstructing Genius, James Ogilvy. PART FIVE: CULTURE AND PERSONALITY. Creativity Need Not be Social, Mark Runco. The Creative Society: Genius vis-a-vis the Zeitgeist, Dean Keith Simonton. PART SIX: EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES ON CREATIVITY. Social Roots of Creativity, Vilmos Csanyi. The "Genius Hypothesis": Exploratory Concepts for a Scientific Understanding of Unusual Creativity, Ervin Laszlo. Author Index. Subject Index.