Creativity and Madness: New Findings and Old Stereotypes

by Albert Rothenberg (Author)

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Synopsis of Creativity and Madness: New Findings and Old Stereotypes

Intrigued by history's list of troubled geniuses, Albert Rothenberg investigates how two such opposite conditions-outstanding creativity and psychosis-could coexist in the same individual. Rothenberg concludes that high-level creativity transcends the usual modes of logical thought-and may even superficially resemble psychosis. But he also discovers that all types of creative thinking generally occur in a rational and conscious frame of mind, not in a mystically altered or transformed state. Far from being the source-or the price-of creativity, Rothenberg discovers, psychosis and other forms of mental illness are actually hindrances to creative work. Disturbed writers and absent-minded professors make great characters in fiction, but Rothenberg has uncovered an even better story-the virtually infinite creative potential of healthy human beings.

Product details

  • Pages: 208
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Published: 1st September 1994
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9780801849770
  • Category: Psychology

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