Chapter 9 - Creativity and Politics

Abstract

This chapter examines the few studies of creativity that have acknowledged politics. It also discusses several theories of creativity that, with a bit of reading between the lines, imply that political conditions influence the expression of creativity and the fulfillment of creative potentials. The first few sections of this chapter focus on the theories and findings that show the clearest connection of creativity with politics. The last few sections explore connections that are not as obvious, perhaps because some theoretical context is required, or where the connections are implied but perhaps have not as of yet been empirically investigated.