Creativity and Change

On the Psychodynamics of Modernity

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ID3757593
AuthorsDavid P Levine (University of Denver, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume43
Issue2
Pages225-244
Publication date1999-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00027649921955236
OpenAlexW1966655386
LanguageEN
References cited20

This article explores the psychic meaning of change. Modernity is often conceived as a system of change. Indeed, the business mentality that dominates organizational life in modern societies insists that the central problem organizations face is adapting to change. The celebration of change we associate with modernity does not take into account the hidden or psychic meaning of change. The psychic meaning of change is expressed in the manic state we often observe in those who imagine themselves the agents of change. The manic state is linked to a hidden objective of change, which is control and domination. In this article, a distinction is drawn between the psychic meaning of that change linked to manic states and the psychic meaning of change linked to the expression of human creativity. The distinction between types of change is used to suggest an important distinction between modern and traditional society

Creativity · Epistemology · Expression (computer science) · Face (sociological concept) · Meaning (existential) · Modernity · Psychic · Social science · Sociology · Management and Organizational Studies · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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