Ecology of Imagination in Childhood

Cobb, Edith

ISBN 10: 0710087934 / ISBN 13: 9780710087935

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC, 1977

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ecology of Imagination in Childhood
• Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0710087934
• ISBN 13: 9780710087935
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 788 grams

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Synopsis

Is genius shaped by the imagination of childhood? Cobb's collection of autobiographies and biographies of creative people, as well as her observations of children's play, suggests just that. She sees the child to be innately connected with the natural world. Inner powers alone do not further the imagination. Her book remains an important philosophical meditation on the importance of children's deep experience of nature to their adult cognition and psychological well-being.

About the Author

Edith Cobb (1895â€"1977) was a writer whose vast interests ranged from philosophy, psychology, poetry, and art to science and ecology.