Anxious Creativity : : When Imagination Fails.

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. Like beauty and wealth, creativity see...

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Superior document:Critical interventions
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Year of Publication:2019
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Critical interventions.
Physical Description:1 online resource (335 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Imagination in Crisis
  • PART I: Creative Subjects
  • 1. Anxious Moments: Anticipation Meets Uncertainty
  • 2. Creative You: Self-Help to the Rescue
  • 3. The Neoliberal Imagination: When More Is Not Enough
  • PART II: Creative Differences
  • 4. Everyday Creativity: Are We All Artists Now?
  • 5. Creative Differences: How to Raise a Genius
  • 6. Divine Madness: The Crazy-Artist Myth
  • PART III: Creative Industries
  • 7. Factories of Knowledge: Why Schools Kill Creativity
  • 8. Industries of Culture: Masterpieces vs. Dream Machines
  • 9. Creative Economies: "Big Magic" or Empty Promises?
  • PART IV: Creative Societies
  • 10. Becoming Creative: The One and the Many
  • 11. Distributed Creativity: Toward a Sharing Economy
  • 12. Imaginary Worlds: Utopia and Virtuality
  • Index.