Knowledge, Communication and Creativity
Arnaud Sales
- University of Montreal, Canada
Marcel Fournier
- University of Montreal, Canada
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Knowledge, communication, and creativity are obsessions of contemporary modern societies. The rhetoric of information, imagination, improvisation and play have invaded our daily lives and work spaces. However, little attention has been paid to the sociological relationships among these elements, let alone their impacts as processes driving social change. This book offers penetrating explorations into the creative processes that are tied to knowledge production, shedding new light on:
- The impact of a general increase in knowledge on individuals, lifestyles, institutions and technologies
- How new communication and information technologies are transforming social relationships, communities and the international public sphere
- Understanding the ties between creativity, communication and the production of knowledge
Contents
INTRODUCTION
- Knowledge, Communication, Reflexive Creativity, and Social Change
KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES
- Modern Societies as Knowledge Societies
- Knowledge and Societal Change
- Institutional Coordination and the Evolution of Organizational Populations
NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATION, COMMUNITIES AND PUBLIC SPHERE
- Mobilities, Networks and Communities
- Information Technology and the International Public Sphere
- Creativity in an Orwellian Key
- A Sceptic's Guide to the Post-Sociological Imaginary
CREATIVITY AND COMMUNICATION IN THE PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE
- Between Science and Rhetoric
- A Recurrent Debate on the Role of Communication and Creativity in the Definition of Knowledge
- High Cognitive Complexity and the Making of Major Scientific Discoveries
- The Creativity of Intellectual Networks and the Struggle Over Attention Space
- Evaluating Creative Minds
- The Assessment of Originality in Peer Review
Description
Knowledge, communication, and creativity are obsessions of contemporary modern societies. The rhetoric of information, imagination, improvisation and play have invaded our daily lives and work spaces. However, little attention has been paid to the sociological relationships among these elements, let alone their impacts as processes driving social change. This book offers penetrating explorations into the creative processes that are tied to knowledge production, shedding new light on:
- The impact of a general increase in knowledge on individuals, lifestyles, institutions and technologies
- How new communication and information technologies are transforming social relationships, communities and the international public sphere
- Understanding the ties between creativity, communication and the production of knowledge
Contents
INTRODUCTION
- Knowledge, Communication, Reflexive Creativity, and Social Change
KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES
- Modern Societies as Knowledge Societies
- Knowledge and Societal Change
- Institutional Coordination and the Evolution of Organizational Populations
NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATION, COMMUNITIES AND PUBLIC SPHERE
- Mobilities, Networks and Communities
- Information Technology and the International Public Sphere
- Creativity in an Orwellian Key
- A Sceptic's Guide to the Post-Sociological Imaginary
CREATIVITY AND COMMUNICATION IN THE PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE
- Between Science and Rhetoric
- A Recurrent Debate on the Role of Communication and Creativity in the Definition of Knowledge
- High Cognitive Complexity and the Making of Major Scientific Discoveries
- The Creativity of Intellectual Networks and the Struggle Over Attention Space
- Evaluating Creative Minds
- The Assessment of Originality in Peer Review
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August 2007 | 208 pages | Sage UK
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 31/03/2026 | 9780761943068 | $204.00 |
| Lifetime | 28/03/2023 | 9781848607590 | $173.00 |
| 180 Day Ebook | 28/03/2023 | 9781848607590 | $119.00 |
Knowledge, communication, and creativity are obsessions of contemporary modern societies. The rhetoric of information, imagination, improvisation and play have invaded our daily lives and work spaces. However, little attention has been paid to the sociological relationships among these elements, let alone their impacts as processes driving social change. This book offers penetrating explorations into the creative processes that are tied to knowledge production, shedding new light on:
- The impact of a general increase in knowledge on individuals, lifestyles, institutions and technologies
- How new communication and information technologies are transforming social relationships, communities and the international public sphere
- Understanding the ties between creativity, communication and the production of knowledge
Table Of Contents:
- INTRODUCTION
- Knowledge, Communication, Reflexive Creativity, and Social Change
- KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES
- Modern Societies as Knowledge Societies
- Knowledge and Societal Change
- Institutional Coordination and the Evolution of Organizational Populations
- NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATION, COMMUNITIES AND PUBLIC SPHERE
- Mobilities, Networks and Communities
- Information Technology and the International Public Sphere
- Creativity in an Orwellian Key
- A Sceptic's Guide to the Post-Sociological Imaginary
- CREATIVITY AND COMMUNICATION IN THE PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE
- Between Science and Rhetoric
- A Recurrent Debate on the Role of Communication and Creativity in the Definition of Knowledge
- High Cognitive Complexity and the Making of Major Scientific Discoveries
- The Creativity of Intellectual Networks and the Struggle Over Attention Space
- Evaluating Creative Minds
- The Assessment of Originality in Peer Review
Recent Product Reviews:
"The book is a theoretically rich and sophisticated contribution to the development of knowledge society studies and to the analysis of the many puzzles of intellectual innovation. It will surely become a sourcebook for anyone interested in creativity and knowledge production."
Karin Knorr Cetina, University of Chicago and University of Konstanz
Gathers together some of the most interesting social-scientific thinking currently underway in Europe and North America… presents sociology in its most engaging and contemporary form Canadian Journal of Sociology ...a rich volume. It has the great merit of presenting the reflections of sociologists on an ensemble of subjects which are usually explored by economists International Sociology Review of Books