<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this reply to Kaufman’s paper “Creativity’s Need for Relevance in Research and Real Life” I argue, from a sociocultural and pragmatist standpoint, that creativity matters because it captures the agentic, flexible, open and emergent side of human existence while, at the same time, helping us build, maintain, and transform the societies we live in.</p></abstract>

In this reply to Kaufman’s paper “Creativity’s Need for Relevance in Research and Real Life” I argue, from a sociocultural and pragmatist standpoint, that creativity matters because it captures the agentic, flexible, open and emergent side of human existence while, at the same time, helping us build, maintain, and transform the societies we live in.

Creativity in and for Society

Creativity. Theories – Research - Applications

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In this reply to Kaufman’s paper “Creativity’s Need for Relevance in Research and Real Life” I argue, from a sociocultural and pragmatist standpoint, that...

Creativity in and for Society

Publicado en línea: 03 ene 2019

Páginas: 155 - 158

Recibido: 15 nov 2018

Aceptado: 15 dic 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2018-0012

Palabras clave
Creativity, Society, Agency, Flexibility, Openness, Emergence, Social change

© 2018 Vlad Petre Glăveanu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Creativity in and for Society

Publicado en línea: 03 ene 2019

Páginas: 155 - 158

Recibido: 15 nov 2018

Aceptado: 15 dic 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2018-0012

Palabras claveCreativity, Society, Agency, Flexibility, Openness, Emergence, Social change

© 2018 Vlad Petre Glăveanu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Creativity, Society, Agency, Flexibility, Openness, Emergence, Social change