The imperative of genius /

Genius, it is widely supposed, is a relic. The concept may have been useful for our ancestors, but we are capable of a more enlightened understanding of how things come about. Unfortunately, this enlightenment has brought a sense of stagnation and malaise. This sense is not completely new, but if we...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Walden, Kenneth
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Genius, it is widely supposed, is a relic. The concept may have been useful for our ancestors, but we are capable of a more enlightened understanding of how things come about. Unfortunately, this enlightenment has brought a sense of stagnation and malaise. This sense is not completely new, but if we want to overcome it, we must return to a more romantic conception of human nature. Such a conception would recognize genius as an essential human capacity: one that helps us answer the basic demands of our rational agency, not something possessed by a select few, but the common endowment of all human beings.
Umfang:
1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-781092-6
0-19-781090-X
0-19-781091-8
9780197810903
Schlagworte:
Artists > Psychology.
Genius > Philosophy.
Creative ability > Philosophy.
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