Rethinking Creativity

Contributions from social and cultural psychology

Vlad Petre Glăveanu (Aalborg University, Denmark), Alex Gillespie, Jaan Valsiner (Aalborg University, Denmark)

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Routledge
19 January 2017

Psychological theory & schools of thought; Social, group or collective psychology; Cognition & cognitive psychology

Series: Cultural Dynamics of Social Representation

Despite more than half a century of psychological research on creativity we are still far from a clear understanding of the creative process, its antecedents and consequences and, most of all, the ways in which we can effectively support creativity. This is primarily due to a narrow focus on creative individuals isolated from culture and society. Rethinking Creativity proposes a fundamental review of this position and argues that creativity is not only a psychological but a sociocultural phenomenon.

This edited volume aims to relocate creativity from inside individual minds to the material, symbolic and social world of culture. It brings together eminent social and cultural psychologists who study dynamic, transformative and emergent phenomena, and invites them to conceptualise creativity in ways that depart from mainstream definitions and theoretical models existing in past and present literature on the topic. Chapters include reflections on the relationship between creativity and difference, creativity as a process of symbolic transformation, the role of apprenticeships and collaboration, the importance of considering materiality and affordances in creative work, and the power of imagination to construct individual trajectories.

The diverse contributions included in this book offer readers multiple pathways into the intricate relationship between mind, culture, and creativity, and invite them to rethink these phenomena in ways that foster creative action within their own life and the lives of those around them. It will be of key interest to both social and cultural psychologists, as well as to creativity researchers and those who, as part of their personal or professional life, try to understand creativity and develop creative forms of expression.

Edited by: Vlad Petre Glăveanu (Aalborg University Denmark), Alex Gillespie, Jaan Valsiner (Aalborg University, Denmark)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138702875
ISBN 10: 1138702870
Series: Cultural Dynamics of Social Representation
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 19 January 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Vlad Glaveanu is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark, and Research Associate in the Institute of Psychology, Paris Descartes University, France. Alex Gillespie is Lecturer in Social Psychology in the Department of Psychology, London School of Economics, UK. Jaan Valsiner is Niels Bohr Professor of Cultural Psychology at Aalborg University, Denmark, and Professor of Psychology and English at Clark University, USA.