The creativity complex : art, tech, and the seduction of an idea /

Richly researched, the book explores how creativity has been invoked in arenas as varied as Enlightenment debates over the nature of the cognition, Victorian-era intelligence research, the Cold War technology race, contemporary education and even modern electoral politics. Along the way, the book tu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Steen, Shannon (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2023].
Subjects:	Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) > History > 20th century. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) > History > 21st century. Ethics. Creative ability > Moral and ethical aspects. Technology > Moral and ethical aspects.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: the creativity complex
How we all became creative
The creative society: Reagan and the California crusade
Creativity and the classroom: maker education and labor precarity
Discarded creativity: libertarian mythologizing and steampunk nostalgia
Creativity's monsters: Frankenstein, self-fulfillment, and the art/tech interface
Creative futures: the Pacific century, the creative century
Epilogue: from the ruins, reconstructing creativity.