Play, playfulness, creativity and innovation / Patrick Bateson and Paul Martin.
2013
BF717 .B28 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Play, playfulness, creativity and innovation / Patrick Bateson and Paul Martin.
ISBN
9781107689343 paperback
1107689341 paperback
9781107015135 hardcover
1107015138 hardcover
1107689341 paperback
9781107015135 hardcover
1107015138 hardcover
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xi, 153 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
Call Number
BF717 .B28 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
155
Summary
"What role does playful behaviour and playful thought take in animal and human development? How does play relate to creativity and, in turn, to innovation? Unravelling the different meanings of 'play', this book focuses on non-aggressive playful play. The authors emphasise its significance for development and evolution, before examining the importance of playfulness in creativity. This discussion sheds new light on the links between creativity and innovation, distinguishing between the generation of novel behaviour and ideas on the one hand, and the implementation of these novelties on the other. The authors then turn to the role of play in the development of the child and to parallels between play, humour and dreaming, along with the altered states of consciousness generated by some psychoactive drugs. A final chapter looks forward to future research and to what remains to be discovered in this fascinating and important field"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-149) and index.
Added Author
Martin, Paul, 1958 May 11- author.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The biology of play
3. The functions of play
4. Evolution and play
5. Creativity in humans
6. Animals finding novel solutions
7. People and organisations
8. Childhood play and creativity
9. Humour and playfulness
10. Dreams, drugs and creativity
11. Pulling the threads together.
2. The biology of play
3. The functions of play
4. Evolution and play
5. Creativity in humans
6. Animals finding novel solutions
7. People and organisations
8. Childhood play and creativity
9. Humour and playfulness
10. Dreams, drugs and creativity
11. Pulling the threads together.