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Creativity is an abstract and universal concept. Yet, it is one also subject to the form and function of the socio-historical and economic conditions during which it is being defined. This chapter is a reflection on conditions under which creativity might be understood and applied in our future eco-political landscape. Furthermore, creative “labor” (input and output) will be influenced by the rise in global corporate power and evolution of technological developments. The author reviews a recent history of the intersections among neoliberal ideology, capital, and creativity, and predicting what those relationships might look like in an emerging bio-capitalist world. This chapter concludes with hypotheses about the relationships between power and people, and creative solutions to the problems we will face in the age of the Anthropocene, a larger global sphere.
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McNulty, M.M. (2019). Creativity and Bio-capitalism in the Age of the Anthropocene. In: Mullen, C.A. (eds) Creativity Under Duress in Education?. Creativity Theory and Action in Education, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90272-2_5
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