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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Neoliberal capitalism has co-opted the idea of creativity.
Chapter 3: In capitalism, creative work demands longer and harder hours.
Chapter 4: Genuine creativity prizes radically different ways of being.
Chapter 5: Following the financial crisis, creativity became a coded word for austerity.
Chapter 6: For Big Tech, creativity equals monetizing your life.
Chapter 7: The creative city movement ultimately makes communities that are all alike.
Description
Against Creativity (2018) is a critical examination of the contemporary notion of creativity. This counterintuitive treatise proposes that the modern mandate to “be creative” might harbor hidden downsides.
Who Should Listen
- Workers tired of having to do more with less
- Activists seeking real solutions to contemporary problems
- Anyone interested in understanding the negatives of neoliberalism