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The Palgrave Handbook of Creativity and Culture Research

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Combines the study of culture and creativity to present a unique examination of the topics
  • Showcases the global variety of creativity and culture research, including cross-cultural, sociocultural, conceptual and applied
  • Explores the innovative implications of engaging with creativity as a phenomenon
  • Highlights current debates across creativity, using country based and applied domain case studies

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture (PASCC)

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
  2. Creativity and Culture in the Psychology of Creativity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
    2. The Four-C Model of Creativity: Culture and Context

      • Max Helfand, James C. Kaufman, Ronald A. Beghetto
      Pages 15-36
    3. When East Meets West

      • Pinar Celik, Todd Lubart
      Pages 37-55
    4. Cultural Diversity and Team Creativity

      • Paul B. Paulus, Karen I. van der Zee, Jared Kenworthy
      Pages 57-76
    5. Creativity, Intelligence, and Culture

      • Robert J. Sternberg
      Pages 77-99
    6. Creative Cognition: How Culture Matters

      • Alessandro Antonietti, Barbara Colombo
      Pages 101-124
    7. The Creativity–Motivation–Culture Connection

      • Beth A. Hennessey
      Pages 125-158
    8. Culture and Psychometric Studies of Creativity

      • Maciej Karwowski
      Pages 159-186
  3. Creativity in Cultural Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 327-327

About this book

This groundbreaking Handbook brings together leading international experts in creativity and culture research to provide an overview of current debates. It showcases the wealth of topics, approaches and definitions specific for this new, interdisciplinary field within creativity research. The theoretical and methodological innovations emerging from the joint study of creativity and culture highlight the role of creativity within today's innovation-based, multicultural societies. 

Drawing on theoretical and empirical reflections, including case studies from different continents and different creative domains, this Handbook provides a truly global outlook on current creativity research within an emergent, interdisciplinary field. This variety is highlighted by the Handbook's structure as it is divided into five sections: Creativity and Culture in the Psychology of Creativity; Creativity in Socio-Cultural Psychology; Creativity in Cultural Context; Creativityand Culture in Applied Domains; Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Creativity and Culture. These sections provide a clear overview of the debates and questions of this research area as contributors share their interest in creativity not only as an individual but also a social and cultural phenomenon, and in culture as both the foundation and outcome of creative action. 


The Handbook will be an  essential resource for researchers, particularly those based in social science and humanities disciplines.  


Editors and Affiliations

  • Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Vlad Petre Glăveanu

About the editor

Vlad Petre Glăveanu is Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark, and Associate Researcher at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland. He has published extensively in the area of the cultural psychology of creativity.  

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Hardcover Book USD 299.99
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