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The Creative Transformation of Despair, Hate, and Violence
What we can learn from Madonna, Mick Jagger & CoSpringerBriefs in Psychology
48,14 € |
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Verlag: | Springer |
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Veröffentl.: | 19.04.2023 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9783031273841 |
Sprache: | englisch |
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Beschreibungen
<p>A creative lifestyle is not a luxury, but a necessary elixir of life. Only with creativity can we overcome despair, hatred and violence, in the world and in ourselves. Using selected examples of exceptionally creative people, Rainer M. Holm-Hadulla encourages us to unleash our own creative and social potential.</p><p></p>Readers become acquainted with Madonna and Amy Winehouse, John Lennon, Jim Morrison, and Mick Jagger. Before wandering through their lives and work in the interplay of constructive and destructive forces, they encounter the "Big Five of Creativity": talent, ability, motivation, resilience, favorable environments. The author has theoretically researched their interaction over decades, tested them in practice and drawn the conclusion: The creative transformation of human destructiveness is our chance to lead a fulfilled life in social responsibility.<p></p><p></p>
<p>1. Creativity – Essence of Life.- 2. The Creative Transformation of Despair, Hate and Violence by.- 3. Consequences for a Creative Life-Style.<br></p>
<p>Rainer Matthias Holm-Hadulla, Prof. Dr. med., is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst. He teaches at the University of Heidelberg, at the Pop Academy in Mannheim and at various psychotherapeutic training institutes. He has already published numerous works on the subject of "creativity".<br></p><p></p>
<p>A creative lifestyle is not a luxury, but a necessary elixir of life. Only with creativity can we overcome despair, hatred and violence, in the world and in ourselves. Using selected examples of exceptionally creative people, Rainer M. Holm-Hadulla encourages us to unleash our own creative and social potential.</p><p></p>Readers become acquainted with Madonna and Amy Winehouse, John Lennon, Jim Morrison, and Mick Jagger. Before wandering through their lives and work in the interplay of constructive and destructive forces, they encounter the "Big Five of Creativity": talent, ability, motivation, resilience, favorable environments. The author has theoretically researched their interaction over decades, tested them in practice and drawn the conclusion: The creative transformation of human destructiveness is our chance to lead a fulfilled life in social responsibility.<p></p>
What can we learn from creative people? How do we counter destructive forces within us and around us? Why is creativity an elementary fundament of life?
"This wonderful book is as entertaining as it is instructive. I really<div>enjoyed reading it."</div><div> - Vera Nünning, PhD; Literary Scholar</div><div><br></div><div>"This book offers a lasting impression of what it means to creatively</div><div>overcome crises, tensions and contradictions."</div><div> - Andreas Draguhn, MD; Neuroscientist</div><div><br></div><div><div>"Above all the study of different personalities of cultural history and</div><div>especially of artists of pop culture make this book a magnificent read</div><div>for young and old."</div><div> - Udo Dahmen, Musician and Artistic Director of the Pop-Academy Baden-Württemberg</div></div>