Anxious creativity : when imagination fails / David Trend

By:

Trend, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2020Description: viii, 325p. ; 23cmISBN:

9780367275099

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DDC classification:

153.350973 TRE 22

Summary: Creativity is getting new attention in today’s America-along the way revealing fault lines in U.S. culture. Surveys show people overwhelmingly seeing creativity as both a desirable trait and a work enhancement, yet most say they just aren’t creative.This book examines this conceptual mess, while focusing on how America’s current edginess dampens creativity in everyone. Written in an engaging and accessible style, it draws on current ideas in the social sciences, economics, and the arts.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Calcutta	153.350973 TRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		IIMC-0147465

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Creativity is getting new attention in today’s America-along the way revealing fault lines in U.S. culture. Surveys show people overwhelmingly seeing creativity as both a desirable trait and a work enhancement, yet most say they just aren’t creative.This book examines this conceptual mess, while focusing on how America’s current edginess dampens creativity in everyone. Written in an engaging and accessible style, it draws on current ideas in the social sciences, economics, and the arts.

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