Self, Creativity, Political Resistance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6337705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas B Emery (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 347 |
| Publication date | 1993-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3791415 |
| OpenAlex | W2320894373 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
Drawing on Heinz Kohut's account of the psychology of the artist, I suggest that the key to Havel and Sakharov's creativity is found in an inner extension of the more idealizing, narcissistic aspects of the self. This extension allows each figure sufficient distance from totalitarianism to clearly make out its political outlines and to thus escape the reigning forces of depersonalization at work in this setting. What is crucial, however, is that they both go beyond simply the moment of inner resistance to an active attempt to strengthen those broader aspects of public life which support people's sense of creativity and individua
Creativity · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |