General Theory of Creativity
At a symposium held at Syracuse University on creavitiy and psychological health, Sorokin discusses the general theory of creativity. 1) Working definitions of creative activity; 2) Creative inequality of individuals and groups; 3) Fluctuation of creative activity; 4) Shift of creativity from group to group in the course of time; 5) Specificity of creativity; 6) Factors of creativity; 7) The law of the three stages; 8) Integral theory of cognition and creativity; 9) The role of the supraconscious in discoveries and creativity. He concludes by saying, "each accomplished great achievement or discovery is always the result of the unified work of all three - supraconscious, rational, and sensory-ways of congnition and creativity".
Sociology Sorokin, Pitirim A. Cognition and culture
Pitirim A. Sorokin Collection
MG 449 II .A. 10
Sorokin, Pitirim A.et al