Book: The Industrialization of Creativity and Its Limits Values, Politics and Lifestyles of Contemporary Cultural Economies

Creativity loosely refers to activities in the visual arts, music, design, film, and performance that are primarily intended to produce forms of effect and social meaning. Yet, over the last few decades, creativity has also been explicitly mobilized by governments around the world as a 'resource' for achieving economic growth. The creative economy discourse emphasizes individuality, innovation, self-fulfillment, career advancement, and the idea of leading exciting lives as remedies to social alienation.

The Industrialization of Creativity and Its LimitsValues, Politics, and Lifestyles of Contemporary Cultural Economies

Editors: Kiriya, Ilya, Kompatsiaris, Panos, Mylonas, Yannis (Eds.)

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