Creating Minds An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Ghandi

Name: Creating Minds An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Ghandi
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ISBN: 9780465027743

ISBN-10: 0465027741

ISBN-13: 9780465027743

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: Howard E. Gardner

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Since it was first published in 1993, Creating Mindshas served as a peerless guide to the creative self. Now available as a paperback reissue with a new introduction by the author, the book uses portraits of seven extraordinary individuals to reveal the patterns that drive the creative process--and to demonstrate how circumstance also plays an indispensable role in creative success.

Book details

List price: $24.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 12/6/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface to the 2011 Edition



Introduction



Chance Encounters in Wartime Zurich



Approaches to Creativity



The Creators of the Modern Era



Sigmund Freud: Alone with the World



Albert Einstein: The Perennial Child


Interlude One



Pablo Picasso: Prodigiousness and Beyond



Igor Stravinsky: The Poetics and Politics of Music



T. S. Eliot: The Marginal Master


Interlude Two



Martha Graham: Discovering the Dance of America



Mahatma Gandhi: A Hold upon Others


Interlude Three



Conclusion



Creativity Across the Domains


Epilogue: The Modern Era and Beyond


Notes


Bibliography


Name Index


Subject Index