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The GAM/DP Theory I
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A New Theory of Personality and Creativity
William A. Therivel
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The Author writes, "I see myself as a scientist who has discovered some very important factors in the development of individuals and civilizations; and my theory is an explanation of both what makes people highly creative and what makes societies grow, prosper, and decline."
The author encapsulates his theory with the acronym GAM/DP.
GAM -- Individual: Three factors contribute to the development of personality and creativity of the individual. Good genetic endowment (G) e.g., intelligence, temperaments, specific talents, and by valid assistances (A) e.g., from parents, schools, books when combined with major misfortunes (M) of youth e.g., early parental death, physical infirmity, stimulates a personality which conflicts with society, providing in that tension material for creativity.
DP -- Society: A society is creative where it develops within long periods when power is fought or grudgingly shared. Such division of power (DP) e.g. between emperor and pope, between state and church; between two or more major ideologies, fosters critical thinking. People begin to mistrust the power holder. They have the courage to speak their mind, to be creative on matters that are not those wanted by the power holder.
This important, revolutionary theory combines for the first time these two aspects of personality and creativity – those particular to a given number of a social group (GAM), as well as those unique to that society (DP).
In Volume I the reader will find interesting and challenging chapters like, “Why Mozart and not Salieri?”, “GAM’s Hedgehogs and GAM’s Foxes” (a causal explanation of Isaiah Berlin’s classification of great thinkers), “The DP Origins of Western Medicine”, “The Low Creativity and High Unity of Power of the Byzantine Civilization”, and “Rinascimento and Siglo do Oro as Swan Songs.”
At the personal level, the reader will discover how his/her personality—and that of family members and friends—relates to one or more of the 15 GAM personality families; and whether they are visitors or insulars (the main DP classification of ethnopsychologies). Readers will broaden their understanding of the birth, growth, and decline of civilizations and the pertaining creativity levels and types of creativity.
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ISBN:
1-886513-50-3
400
Pages
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6 x 9
Binding:
Hardcover w Dustjacket
Publisher:
Kirk House Publishers
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