On creativity limits in contemporary society

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Keywords:

creativity, singularity, the sphere of creativity, the creativity dispositif, the creativity imperative, the creativity regime, creativity limits, sociology of suffering

Abstract

The article exposes ontological, gnoseological, ethical and axiological aspects of the inquiry into creativity in social theory. Different approaches to the restriction of creativity in contemporary society are revealed. Its overexpansion and attempts to replace the social with the creative are discussed. Sociological and socio-philosophical approaches to the conditional restriction of the creativity value field and to the rehabilitation of the social are analysed.

Author Biography

  • Iryna Ja. Matsevich-Dukhan, Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    PhD (philosophy), docent; postdoctoral researcher

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Published

2020-01-03

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No. 4 (2019): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

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Matsevich-Dukhan, I.J. 2020. On creativity limits in contemporary society. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 4 (Jan. 2020), 21–34.