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Non-Western Treatments of Creativity

Verger, Nicolas B orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-6806-1139 and Glăveanu, Vlad Petre orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-6029-6718 (2026) Non-Western Treatments of Creativity. In: Kind, Amy and Langkau, Julia, (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Imagination and Creativity. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 106-117. ISBN 9780197694855

Abstract
This chapter discusses non-Western perspectives on creativity to critically assess the legacy of Western creativity research. It aims to provide a panorama of different treatments of creativity, starting by presenting some issues with contemporary Western creativity and then giving an overview of how creation and creativity are understood in other parts of the world. It starts with the continent that shared relatively similar views on creativity with Europe and North America due to its colonial legacy: Africa. It then explores the conceptualization of creativity in South America before exploring those in the Buddhist and the Taoist traditions. The third and final section of this chapter discusses how these perspectives could be integrated, emphasizing the need to be more in tune with the preservation and reimagination of modes of relations between humans and nonhuman entities that cohabit the same ecosystem.
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Item Type:Book Section
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:relational creativity; creative preservation; ecology; degrowth; postgrowth
Subjects:Business > Innovation
Social Sciences > Education
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Psychology
Research Institutes and Centres > Centre for Possibility Studies
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Official URL:https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/62203/chapt...
Copyright Information:Authors
ID Code:33096
Deposited On:13 Aug 2026 11:10 by Tam Nguyen . Last Modified 13 Aug 2026 11:10
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