Research Catalog

Title

Worldmaking : psychology and the ideology of creativity / Michael Hanchett Hanson.

Author

Hanson, Michael Hanchett, 1957-

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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Description

xviii, 266 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

Michael Hanchett Hanson weaves together the history of the development of the psychological concepts of creativity with social constructivist views of power dynamics and pragmatic insights. He provides an engaging, thought-provoking analysis to interest anyone involved with creativity, from psychologists and educators to artists and philosophers.

Series Statement

Palgrave studies in the theory and history of psychology

Uniform Title

Palgrave studies in the theory and history of psychology.

Subject

• Creative ability
• Creative ability > Philosophy
• Creative ability > Philosophy
• PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology
• SCIENCE > Cognitive Science
• Psychologie
• Kreativität
• Sozialphilosophie
• Wissenschaftstheorie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Cover ; Half-Title ; Title ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; List of Illustrations ; Preface: Teaching and Learning ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction: Our Concept of Change ; Our new idea ; Functions of the concept ; An unusual dialogue ; Creativity as ideology ; Overview of this book.
• 1 Creativity at Large: Functions and Controversies Philosophical implications ; Philosophical mashups ; Summary of key arguments ; 2 Ideation: The 'Box' and Its Discontents ; The Freudian inflection point ; Gestalt: perceptual restructuring ; Behaviorist response.
• Divergent thinking Inside-the-box thinking ; Summary of key arguments ; 3 Worldmaking: Functions and Technologies of the Creative 'Box' ; Pragmatics and confusion ; The world of social constructivist philosophy ; Functions of the outside-the-box view ; Psychosocial technologies.
• Ideation technologies Applications ; Summary of key arguments ; 4 Self-Actualization: The Pursuit of Potential ; Self-actualization ; Creativity and the self-actualized person ; Rogers's concept of the actualizing self ; Openness to experience ; Trait research ; Freedom or exile?
• The happy child paradigm Creating a school of psychology ; Summary of key arguments ; 5 Worldmaking: Functions and Technologies of Actualization ; Inspiration with broad implications ; Functions of actualization ; Psychosocial technologies ; Applications.

ISBN

• 9781137408044 (hardback)
• 1137408049 (hardback)

LCCN

^^2015020068

OCLC

• 909924337
• SCSB-12601920

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library