Verger, Nicolas B
ORCID: 0000-0002-6806-1139 and Glăveanu, Vlad Petre
ORCID: 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 |
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| 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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