Talk:History of the concept of creativity

Other perspectives

Most of the content in this article came from Tatarkiewicz, a Polish author (see ref on page). His take on it seems comprehensive, but is from a particular perspective. Note, for example, this sentence:

Finally, at long last, someone ventured to use the word, "creation." He was the 17th-century Polish poet and theoretician of poetry, Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595-1640), known as "the last Latin poet."

Anyone who has any knowledge or has done any reading on this topic is welcome to contribute - particularly anything that is not so euro-centric. Do any of the eastern religions or philosophies, for example, have anything to say about the concept of creativity? --BrettRob 02:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Adding to this page

If you make any significant additions to this page, please add a summary sentence or two to the History section on the Creativity page. Likewise, if you have added anything to the history section on the Creativity page, please mirror or expand on it here. --BrettRob 02:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I have a suggestion - that this page be merged into the main Creativity folder. This article is based on one author who has a particular take on what creativity is, and its history. Frankly, I'm not convinced he's authoritative . (It doesn't help that it claims the first use of the word "creation" as being by a Polish author.) There are a few chapters and journal articles out there, but I'm not sure the subject is established enough to have a page in its own right.VsevolodKrolikov (talk) 13:22, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

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Page Sources and Other worldviews

As BrettRob has pointed out, this page needs an increase in sources, especially in its introduction, as well as the history of creativity from the viewpoints of non western regions. I will try to make some edits in the next few weeks regarding the subject, but if anyone knows any good sources for me or other editors to read, that would be fantastic. Mojotjejen (talk) 16:47, 17 October 2019 (UTC) 16:42, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

To be going on with: Weiner's (2000) book Creativity & Beyond is good on western development (but imho not so good on contemporary issues). For Eastern creativity there is a lot less (partly because the cult of the creative individual is a particularly western cultural development), but Niu and Sternberg's article "The Philosophical Roots of Western and Eastern Conceptions of Creativity" is good. OsFish (talk) 06:31, 24 October 2019 (UTC)