{"product_id":"creativity-and-madness-new-findings-and-old-stereotypes-paperback","title":"Creativity and Madness: New Findings and Old Stereotypes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlbert Rothenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntrigued by history's list of \"troubled geniuses,\"Albert Rothenberg investigates how two such opposite conditions--outstanding creativity and psychosis--could coexist in the same individual. Rothenberg concludes that high-level creativity transcends the usual modes of logical thought--and may even superficially resemble psychosis. But he also discovers that all types of creative thinking generally occur in a rational and conscious frame of mind, not in a mystically altered or transformed state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from being the source--or the price--of creativity, Rothenberg discovers, psychosis and other forms of mental illness are actually hindrances to creative work. Disturbed writers and absent-minded professors make great characters in fiction, but Rothenberg has uncovered an even better story--the virtually infinite creative potential of healthy human beings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsychiatry\/Psychology --'In this excellent, concise volume, Rothenberg reports his current views on this fascinating subject...Well argued and judicious.... I Cannot recommend this book too highly.' Journal of the American Medical Association\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Rothenberg, M.D., \u003c\/b\u003eis clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard University and director of research at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Emerging Goddess: The Creative Process in Art, Science, and Other Fields\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9.04 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131374735495,"sku":"9780801849770","price":52.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5c79829a56acebb3383522fd480c9ed4.webp?v=1732618459","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/creativity-and-madness-new-findings-and-old-stereotypes-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}