Knowledge, communication and creativity

Offering explorations into the creative processes that are tied to knowledge production, this book talks about: the impact of the increase in knowledge on individuals, lifestyles, institutions and technologies; and more.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sales, Arnaud (-), Fournier, Marcel
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications 2007.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Sage studies in international sociology ; 56.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798528606719
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Biographical Notes; Section One Introduction; 1 Knowledge, Communication, Reflexive Creativity and Social Change; Section Two Knowledge and Social Change in Contemporary Societies; 2 Modern Societies as Knowledge Societies; 3 Knowledge and Societal Change: Institutional Coordination and the Evolution of Organizational Populations; Section Three New Information Technologies and Communication, Communities and Public Sphere; 4 Mobilities, Networks and Communities; 5 Information Technology and theI nternational Public Sphere
  • 6 Creativity in an Orwellian Key: A Sceptic's Guide to the Post-Sociological ImaginarySection Four Creativity and Communication in the Production of Knowledge; 7 Between Science and Rhetoric: A Recurrent Debate on the Role of Communication and Creativity in the Definition of Knowledge; 8 High Cognitive Complexity and the Making of Major Scientific Discoveries; 9 The Creativity of Intellectual Networks and the Struggle over Attention Space; 10 Evaluating Creative Minds: The Assessment of Originality in Peer Review; Name Index; Subject Index