Culture and Creativity (Cultural Sociology) - Softcover

Benzecry, Claudio E.; Leschziner, Vanina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509546871 ISBN 13: 9781509546879

Verlag: Polity, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Where does creativity come from? How do new ideas emerge, take shape, become materialized into products, and gain acceptance? Culture and Creativity offers a compelling account of creativity as a fundamentally social process.

Moving beyond individualistic and psychological explanations, this book explores how creativity is shaped by cultural norms, knowledge exchange, material conditions, cognitive process, social networks, and organizational structures. Drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary research, it examines the collective dynamics behind innovation in areas as diverse as art, cuisine, music, science, and technology. Structured around four key themes – culture, materiality, cognition, and social organization – each chapter introduces foundational theories, engages contemporary debates, and explores case studies of how creativity happens in practice.

Written in an accessible yet rigorous style, Culture and Creativity is an essential resource for students and scholars in the social sciences and humanities, as well as anyone interested in understanding creativity. It sets a new agenda for viewing creativity not as a mysterious force but as a patterned, explainable, and deeply embedded feature of social life.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Claudio E. Benzecry is Professor of Communication Studies and Sociology at Northwestern University.

Vanina Leschziner is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Polity
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1509546871
• ISBN 13: 9781509546879
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 180
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