Research Catalog

Title

A critical theory of creativity : utopia, aesthetics, atheism and design / Richard Howells, King's College London, UK.

Author

Howells, Richard, 1956-

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2015.

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Description

vii, 204 pages; 23 cm

Summary

A Critical Theory of Creativity' argues that a Utopian drive is aesthetically encoded within the language of form. But coupled with this opportunity comes a very human obligation which cannot be delegated to God, to nature or to market forces. As Ernst Bloch declared: 'Life has been put into our hands.'

Subject

• Arts > Philosophy
• Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Creative ability > Religious aspects
• Hoffnung Motiv
• Kreativität
• PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics
• Philosophie
• Utopie
• Vision Motiv
• Ästhetik

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Visions -and derisions- of utopia -- Ernst Bloch and utopian critical theory -- Homo aestheticus -- Case study : Navajo design, culture and theology -- Archetypes, the unconscious and psychoanalysis -- Roger Fry and the language of form -- From Genesis to Job -- Homo absconditus.

ISBN

• 9781137446169
• 1137446161

LCCN

^^2015005424

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library