Before the Gates of Excellence: The Determinants of Creative Genius - Brossura

Ochse, R

 
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Before the Gates of Excellence is an exceptionally well-written and lively account of the nature of productive creativity or 'genius'.

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Descrizione del libro

Before the Gates of Excellence is an exceptionally well-written and lively account of the nature of productive creativity or 'genius'. It is a comprehensive survey of knowledge about productive creativity: it explores the theoretical concepts of creativity and the creative process, and attempts to explain the determining factors.

Contenuti

Prologue; Modern conceptions of creativity; The focus of this book; Part I. Perspective: 1. Genius and creativity: historical perspective of theory and research; 2. Methods used in research on productive creators; Part II. The Creative Person: 3. Social background; 4. The home environment; 5. Education and career; 6. Characteristics of creative achievers; 7. The creator's motivation; 8. The developmental pattern; Part III. Creative Thinking and Inspiration: 9. Stages in creative problem-solving; 10. Specific abilities and processes involved in creative problem-solving; 11. Traditional views of the role of unconscious processes; 12. Unconscious processing and inspiration: a new interpretation; Epilogue; References; Indexes.

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