This first volume of the Collected Works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi represents his work on Art and Creativity. Starting with his seminal 1964 study on creativity up to his 2010 publication in Newsweek, the volume spans over four decades of research and writing and clearly shows Csikszentmihalyi’s own development as an academic, psychologist, researcher and person. Unconventional and unorthodox in his approach, Csikszentmihalyi chose the topic of creativity as a field of study believing it would help him be a better psychologist and advance his understanding of how to live a better life. The chapters in this volume trace the history of the study of creativity back to the days of Guilford and research on IQ and Jacob Getzels’ work on creativity and intelligence. Firmly grounded in that history, yet extending it in new directions, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi started his life-long study on artistic creativity. His first extensive study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago enabled him to observe, test and interview fine art students drawing in a studio. The study formed the very basis of all his work on the subject and has resulted in several articles, represented in this volume, on such creativity-related concepts as problem solving versus problem finding, the personality of the artist, the influence of the social context, creativity as a social construction, developmental issues and flow. The main contribution to the topic of creativity and also the main concept explored in this volume, is the Systems Model of Creativity. Seven chapters in this volume discuss the development of this conceptual model and theory.
The first of its kind, this book focuses on empirical studies into creative output that use and test the systems approach.
Most important, he explains why creativity needs to be cultivated and is necessary for the future of our country, if not the world. Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living.
These volumes bring together a valuable collection of work from four decades of writing by one accomplished and influential scholar, who has academic foundations in psychology and wide ranging experience and collaborations, crossing into a ...
This 1988 book provides sixteen chapters by acknowledged experts on the richness and diversity of psychological approaches to the study of creativity.
An organization can establish and maintain an environment which is conducive to creativity. In a straightforward manner, this book describes the elements contributing to creativity in an open system.
continuation (Porter, 1998).During thelate1950s, hebeganto formhis own groups, andin1960, hereleased the monumental GiantSteps; thetitle track is basedon avery complex and fast-moving harmonic structure referred to as “Coltrane changes ...
This book is the place to go for a deep dive into the forward-thinking, multi-faceted ideas of Creative Systems Theory.
In this volume three of the key figures in the field set out to establish some parameters for the study of creativity. After examining the earlier works on the subject,...
Renewed interest in the complex subject of creativity reveals a trend towards an empirical approach, with a psychology of creativeness that takes note of adult performance and achievements in a...
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