A Cognitive-Historical Approach to Creativity
Subrata Dasgupta
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A Cognitive-Historical Approach to Creativity
Subrata Dasgupta
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At the heart of creativity is the practice of bringing something new into existence, whether it be a material object or abstract idea, thereby making history and enriching the creative tradition. A Cognitive Historical Approach to Creativity explores the idea that creativity is both a cognitive phenomenon and a historical process. Blending insights and theories of cognitive science with the skills, mentality and investigative tools of the historian, this book considers diverse issues including: the role of the unconscious in creativity, the creative process, creating history with a new object or idea, and the relationship between creators and consumers. Drawing on a plethora of real-life examples from the eighteenth century through to the present day, and from distinct fields including the arts, literature, science and engineering, Subrata Dasgupta emphasizes historicity as a fundamental feature of creativity.
Providing a unified, integrative, interdisciplinary treatment of cognitive history and its application to understanding and explaining creativity in its multiple domains, A Cognitive Historical Approach to Creativity is essential reading for all researchers of creativity.
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- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Prologue
- Acknowledgments
- Dramatis personae
- 1 The cognitive–historical space
- 2 Artifacts: the very “stuff ” of creativity
- 3 Artificers and consumers
- 4 A cognitive pas de deux
- 5 Knowledge schemas in creative thought
- 6 The prepared mind
- 7 “The unconscious machine”
- 8 Preparing for illumination
- 9 The actual act of production
- 10 Inventing cognitive style
- 11 The psychohistorian’s contribution
- 12 Of creative movements
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index