Creative Theories of (Just About) Everything
In this book, Jeroen Lutters offers a renewed perspective on creativity. He investigates its origins, the ways we come to know it, and the influence it has on how we live and think.
Creativity is often seen as one of the key forces of the twenty-first century. Yet the debate about what creativity is and what it can do takes place mostly within the natural and social sciences, and far less within the humanities. In Creative Theories of (Just About) Everything, Jeroen Lutters shows that creativity is a much broader force: something that is present everywhere and capable of shaping every part of life. Drawing on insights from multiple fields, and engaging with thinkers such as Parmenides, Spinoza, Goethe, Emerson, Nietzsche, Freud, Benjamin, Bergson, Deleuze and Spivak, Lutters argues that creativity should be understood, taught and actively used at all levels of society.
By rethinking the sources and meaning of creativity today, Lutters explores the origin of creativity, the knowledge of creativity and the politics of creativity. Together, these themes form an evolving tradition of thought that he describes as creative materialism. The book outlines a ‘possible world’ in which creativity is a natural part of everything around us. Understanding and using this creative force should play a shaping role not only in the arts and in education, but also in how we imagine and develop society as a whole.
Creative Theories of (Just About) Everything offers inspiration for critical and creative thinkers, artists, art historians, philosophers, literary scholars, cultural and social scientists, and anyone interested in the question of what creativity means today.
Year: 2020
Publisher: Valiz
Author: Jeroen Lutters
Language: English