The origins of creativity
(2017)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
153.35/WILSON,E
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781631493188, 1631493183 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The reach of creativity -- The birth of the humanities -- Language -- Innovation -- Aesthetic surprise -- Limitations of the humanities -- The years of neglect -- Ultimate causes -- Bedrock -- Breakthrough -- Genetic culture -- Human nature -- Why nature is mother -- The hunter's trance -- Gardens -- Metaphors -- Archetypes -- The most distant island -- Irony: a victory of the mind -- The third enlightenment