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Glăveanu - The Palgrave Handbook of Creativity and Culture Research

Glăveanu, V. P. (2017). The Palgrave Handbook of Creativity and Culture Research. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-1-137-46343-2

This edited collection provides an extensive overview of the current debates revolving around creativity and culture. It showcases the wealth of topics and approaches highlighting the role of creativity within today's innovation-based, multicultural societies. The book’s 36 chapters, spanning 765 pages, present a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches in different fields within creativity research. All the contributions share the view that creativity is not only individual but also a social and cultural phenomenon. Likewise, culture is seen as both the foundation and outcome of creative action. The wide variety of topics covered in individual contributions secures a truly global outlook on the emerging field of creativity and culture studies. The five sections of the Handbook are devoted to: (1) Creativity and Culture in the Psychology of Creativity; (2) Creativity in Socio-Cultural Psychology; (3) Creativity in Cultural Context; (4) Creativity and Culture in Applied Domains; and (5) Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Creativity and Culture. Current debates in the field are illustrated by country-based and applied domain case studies.