Creativity: The Magic Synthesis

by Silvano Arieti

A fascinating book on creativity (C) & its magic synthesis. Shows that C is a gift, but that it cannot occur without effort & support. A convincing study of the psychodynamic & socio-dynamic factors that enter into the creative process. Chapters: the creative process; the major theories of C; imagery; amorphous cognition; primitive cognition; conceptual cognition; C in wit; poetry & the aesthetic process; painting & music; religion & mystical experiences; science; philosophy & gen. system theory; soc., culture, & C; the creativogenic soc.; the creative person; the cultivation of C in the individual; & the neurology of C & biological C.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published May 1, 1976

About the author

Silvano Arieti (June 28, 1914 in Pisa, Italy – August 7, 1981 in New York City) was a psychiatrist regarded as one of the world’s foremost authorities on schizophrenia. He received his M.D. from the University of Pisa and left Italy soon after, due to the increasingly racial policies of Benito Mussolini.

Arieti was professor of psychiatry at New York Medical College. He was also training analyst in the Division of Psychoanalysis at the William Alanson White Institute, and editor of the six-volume American Handbook of Psychiatry. His Interpretation of Schizophrenia won the 1975 National Book Award in Science.[1]

Arieti undertook psychotherapy of schizophrenic patients, an unusual approach that few of his colleagues chose to pursue. The views he expressed in Interpretation of Schizophrenia are now professionally called the trauma model of mental disorders and constitute one alternative to the mainstream medical model of mental disorders.

Reviews

[Noelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed his thoughts and ideas, it was engaging and informative.

[Susana789 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Som zvedavá, čo by Arieti dopísal na margo všetkých dnešných príručiek ktoré vykrádajú iných a formulujú instantné riešenia, čo dobre vyzerajú ako memo-heslá, ale v praxi sa k ničomu neviažu. Vychádza z klinickej praxe.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read!Lots of good informatin if you want to understand the dynamics of being creative.