Creativity and Time: A Sociological Exploration (Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture)

Contents
Part I: Introduction
	1: Originality or from the Origin to the Originary
		1	 Theoretical and Methodological Foundations
		2	 The Pursuit of Originality, One of the Most Important Characteristics of Creativity
		3	 Etymology of the Concept of Originality: The Link Between the Origin and the Originary Or the Originating
		4	 From the Origin Toward the Originary: The Time Narrative of Creativity
			Creativity, a Product and a Producer of Time, of History and Society
		Bibliography
Part II: Creative Categories of the Origin
	2: Mythical Bases for a Sociological Definition of the Concept of Creativity
		1	 Introduction
		2	 Mythical Genealogy of the Concept of Creativity
			Creativity in the Religion of Mother Goddess, Creatrix of the Universe
				The Goddess of Life and Death: Generatrix and Nourishing Mother and Womb for the Return of the Dead
				Features of Mother Goddess’s Creativity
			Creativity in the Religion of Father God and of Patriarchal Society
				The Mother’s Curse and the Establishment of Father Creator
				Features of Father God’s Creativity
			Creation in the Religion of Son God or of Democratic Fratriarchal Society
				Greece: From the Matriarchal Substratum to the Patriarchal One
				The Diverse Greek Creation Myths
				The Common Features of Creativity
		3	 Creation Myths as Originators of Contemporary Society
			Creativity and the Cultural Continuity with the Past
			Creativity Builds the Autonomous Individual and Society
		Bibliography
	3: Creativity: Sociocultural Order and Chaos, Memory of the Past, and Projection of the Future
		1	 Myth and Rite—The Same as Creativity—Turn Disorder into an Ingredient of Order
		2	 The Intricate Interrelation of Chaos and Order According to Contemporary Science
		3	 Late Modern Society or Order as a Particular Case of Disorder
		4	 The Time of Chaotic Social Events and Creativity
			Creativity—Like Myth and Rite—Transforms Disorder into an Ingredient of Order or Deviates It Toward the Imaginary
			Creativity—Like Life—Is Fueled by External Order, Sociocultural in This Case
			Creativity and the Metamorphosis of a Present Contracted by Another Dilated One
		Bibliography
	4: The Originality of Axial Civilizations and the Free Play of History
		1	 Play Constitutes the Origin of Human Nature, Creativity, Culture, Civilization, and History
			Play, an Activity Specific to Mammals and Humans
			Definition and Characteristics of Play
			Play, the Origin of Creativity and Every Human Activity (Myth, Rite, Religion, and History)
		2	 The Link of Play and Creativity with Axial Civilizations
			The Utopias of the Axial Age Come from Play
			The Creative Agents of the Axial Age
			The Originality of the Axial Age
			The Axial Age Organizes a Time Narrative
		3	 Three Foundations of the Axial Age Which Help Understand Our Time
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		Bibliography
	5: The Ages of Creativity
		1	 From Conflict to Generational Coexistence. Effects on Creativity
			Youth and the Conflict Between Generations as a Driver of Creativity
				Creative Youth and the Conflict Between Generations
		2	 The Rejuvenation of Science and Art
			The Rejuvenation of Modern Science
			The Childish and Youthful Nature of Modern Art
		3	 The Loss of Prominence of Youth and the Aging of Society and Creativity
			The Role of Wars in Social and Cultural Aging
			A Demographically Aged Society
			The Aging of Present-Day Art and Science
		4	 From the Childhood and Youth of the First Modernity to the Aging of the Second One
			The Infantilism and Youth of Creators and the Generational Conflict
			The First Modernity Constitutes a Stage of Childhood or Youth
			The Widespread Physical, Cultural, and Social Decline of the Second Modernity
		Bibliography
Part III: Creative Categories of the Originary
	6: From Creative Capitalism to Old Age
		1	 The Creative and Transformative Energy of Capitalism in the First Modernity
		2	 The Decline, the Crisis, or the Aging of Capitalist Economy in the Second Modernity
		3	 The Decline of Capitalism, Creativity, and Civilization
		Bibliography
	7: Creative Work in the Global Economy of Risk and Uncertainty
		1	 Introduction
		2	 The Crisis of Work in Late Modern Society
			From the Disregard of Work to the Dilemma: Either more Work or more Free, Creative Time
			The Two Western Work Models
			The Characteristics of Work at Present
		3	 Creative Work in the New Global Economy
			On the Concepts of Creativity and Global Economy
			Creative Cities and Creative Industries Cause New Social Inequalities
		4	 An Unequalizing Creative Work
		Bibliography
	8: The Connection Between Creative Economy and the Crisis of Representative Democracy
		1	 Introduction
			Hans Joas’s Theory of Creative Action and the Way Out of the Crisis
			Around the Concept of Crisis
			The Break Between the Market and the State
		2	 About the “Crisis” of “Representative Democracy”
			What Is Representative Democracy?
			The Decline of Democracy
			The Generational Coexistence of Young and Old People in the 15-M Movement
		3	 Limits and Possibilities of Creativity to Overcome the Crisis of Representative Democracy
		Bibliography
Part IV: Final Coda: Broken Creativity
	9: Creativity Without Time
		1	 The Path Toward Creativity with Neither Space Nor Time
			Phases of Civilization
			Stages of Creativity
		2	 From Fusion to Fragmentation
			Creativity and Coincidentia Oppositorum—In the Imaginary
			Creativity Establishes Hierarchies, Unequalizes, and Differentiates—In Social Reality
		3	 Creativity and the Existential Escape of Time
		Bibliography
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Index