Collaborative Circles : Friendship Dynamics and Creative Work

Michael P. Farrell

ISBN 10: 0226238679 / ISBN 13: 9780226238678

Published by The University Of Chicago Press Nov 2003, 2003

About this Item

Neuware - Creative work is rarely done by a lone genius. Artists, writers, scientists and other professionals often do their most creative work when collaborating within a circle of like-minded friends. Experimenting together and challenging one another, they develop the courage to rebel against the established traditions in their field. Working alone or in pairs, then meeting as a group to discuss their emerging ideas, they forge a new, shared vision that guides their work. When circles work well, the unusual interactions that occur in them draw out creativity in each of the members.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collaborative Circles : Friendship Dynamics and Creative Work
• Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press Nov 2003
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226238679
• ISBN 13: 9780226238678
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 150H x 19D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 485 grams

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Synopsis

Many artists, writers, and other creative people do their best work when collaborating within a circle of like-minded friends. In a unique study, Michael P. Farrell looks at the group dynamics in six collaborative circles, and gives vivid narrative accounts of each: the French Impressionists; Sigmund Freud and his friends; C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Inklings; social reformers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; the Fugitive poets; and the writers Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford.

About the Author

Michael P. Farrell is a professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the coauthor of Small Groups Episodes and Men at Midlife.