Creativity and change - On the psychodynamics of modernity

Journal/Book: Amer Behav Sci. 1999; 43: 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. Sage Publications Inc. 225-244.

Abstract: 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.

Note: Article Levine DP, Univ Denver, Denver,CO 80208 USA

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