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Creativity : flow and the psychology of discovery and invention / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : HarperPerennial, 1997, c1996.Edition: 1st HarperPerennial edDescription: 456 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0060171332
  • 9780060171339
  • 0060928204 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155 CSI
Contents:
One: Setting the stage -- Part I The Creative process -- Two: Where is creativity? -- Three: The Creative personality -- Four: The Work of creativity -- Five: The Flow of creativity -- Six: Creative surroundings -- Part II The Lives -- Seven: The Early years -- Eight: The Later years -- Nine: Creative aging -- Part III Domains of creativity -- Ten: The Domain of the word -- Eleven: The Domain of life -- Twelve: The Domain of the future -- Thirteen: The Making of culture -- Fourteen: Enhancing personal creativity -- Appendix A: Brief biographical sketches of the respondents who were interviewed for this study -- Appendix B: Interview protocol used in the study.
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Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 155 CSI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002000162330

Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-442) and index.

One: Setting the stage -- Part I The Creative process -- Two: Where is creativity? -- Three: The Creative personality -- Four: The Work of creativity -- Five: The Flow of creativity -- Six: Creative surroundings -- Part II The Lives -- Seven: The Early years -- Eight: The Later years -- Nine: Creative aging -- Part III Domains of creativity -- Ten: The Domain of the word -- Eleven: The Domain of life -- Twelve: The Domain of the future -- Thirteen: The Making of culture -- Fourteen: Enhancing personal creativity -- Appendix A: Brief biographical sketches of the respondents who were interviewed for this study -- Appendix B: Interview protocol used in the study.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced "ME-high CHICK-sent-me-high-ee) is a professor and former chairman of the Department of English at the University of Chicago. His writings have focused on models of enjoyment and how various people access their creative potential. The idea of creative potential, which Csikszentmihalyi terms "flow" has become increasingly popular in the public sector. His 1993 book, Flow, inspired Jimmy Johnson then coach of the World Champion Dallas Cowboys, and was the subject of a feature story during that year's Super Bowl television broadcast.

His ideas have also been touted by President Clinton, who called Csikszentmihalyi one of his favorite authors, Newt Gingrich, who put his work on the reading list for a political planning committee, and corporations and cultural institutions, such as Volvo in Sweden and the Chicago Park District. He has published articles in a variety of magazines, including Psychology Today, The New York Times, Omni, and Wired and has made appearances on television in the U.S. and Europe.

Csikszentmihalyi currently serves on boards and commissions for the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education, and the Social Science Research Council. He has held visiting professorships at universities in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Italy, and Finland. He received the1990 NRPA National Research (Roosevelt) Award, in addition to two Senior Fulbright Fellowships.

Besides Flow, he has also written Beyond Boredom and Anxiety and Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, in which he applies his "flow" theory to various inventors, scientists, and artists to determine how and why they achieve "flow."

(Bowker Author Biography)

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