Re-Evaluating Creativity: The Individual, Society and Education - Couverture rigide

Hernández-Romero, Lili

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1137545666 ISBN 13 : 9781137545664

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

Synopsis

This book proposes a groundbreaking approach to the study of personal creativity, linking this to the analysis of the chakras, or centers of energy, of the subtle system suggested by the Eastern philosophy called Sahaja Yoga. It argues that creativity is to be re-learnt through a process of self-review, a self-examination which is underpinned by the author's concept of the outsider to the self, a pervasive condition characterized by a tendency to be connected to the outer world at the expense of the inner world. The author analyses creativity from three different but interrelated aspects -the individual, society and education - and maps out a route that may take the individuals into an understanding of blockages in their creative process. It also examines aspects that have contributed to sustain the condition of the outsider to the self, hindering people's creativity. It argues that the traditional education system is both constricting and releasing factorof creativity. Finally, through the use of auto-ethnography, the author reveals a process of blocked and unblocked creativity. This book is a key read for all those interested in psychology, sociology, education and cultural studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Lili Hernández-Romero is Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. She has two edited volumes and other publications in cultural studies and psychology. She conducts interdisciplinary research about creativity on areas of psychology, sociology and education.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1137545666
• ISBN 13: 9781137545664
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 231
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