Collective creativity : : collaborative work in the sciences, literature and the arts / / edited by Gerhard Fischer and Florian Vassen.

• Author: Sydney German Studies Symposium
• TeilnehmendeR: Fischer, Gerhard.; Vassen, Florian.; Sydney German Studies Symposium (2009)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 148; Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft 148.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Notes: Papers presented at the Sydney German Studies Symposium 2009, organized by the Department of German Studies at the University of New South Wales and held at the Goethe Institute Sydney from 23 to 26 July 2009.

Collective Creativity combines complex and ambivalent concepts. While ‘creativity’ is currently experiencing an inflationary boom in popularity, the term ‘collective’ appeared, until recently, rather controversial due to its ideological implications in twentieth-century politics. In a world defined...