The Invention of Creativity by Andreas Reckwitz
Contemporary society has seen an unprecedented rise in both the demand and the desire to be creative, to bring something new into the world. Once the reserve of artistic subcultures, creativity has now become a universal model for culture and an imperative in many parts of society."Whether you think you are creative or not, you should read onIn carefully dissecting the social and historical constitution of this concept, Andreas Reckwitz provides a compelling account of how creativity has become a defining feature of contemporary society."
Elizabeth Shove, Lancaster University
"Reckwitz’s The Invention of Creativity is not a "creative industries" book. It is instead a sociology that addresses not so much the aestheticization of society as the societalization of the aesthetic – of the pervasion of what Reckwitz, with Foucault, calls the aesthetic dispositif. Neither a dismissal nor a celebration, the book is instead a genealogy of creativity – of how homo economicus has metamorphosed into homo aestheticus."
Scott Lash, Goldsmiths, University of London
Die Zeit
"With great intelligence and an argument grounded in scholarship, cultural sociologist Andreas Reckwitz shows just why we perceive creativity as a 'natural' human ability, and one that we feel is absolutely essential in order for us to develop and grow as individuals."
Frankfurter Rundschau
"A fascinating and ambitious book with a provocative thesis."
Times Literary Supplement
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780745697048 |
| ISBN 10 | 0745697046 |
| Title | The Invention of Creativity |
| Author | Andreas Reckwitz |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |