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28 - Violent Innovation

Creativity in the Domain of Terrorism

from Part V - Newer Domains for Creativity Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2017

By
Gina Scott Ligon ,
Karyn Sporer  and
Douglas C. Derrick
Edited by
James C. Kaufman ,
Vlad P. Glăveanu  and
John Baer
James C. Kaufman
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
Vlad P. Glăveanu
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
John Baer
Affiliation:
Rider University, New Jersey
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Abstract

Terrorism provides a rich yet understudied domain to examine creativity. Because violent ideological organizations must continue to generate covert and novel ways to recruit members, raise finances, and plan attacks, theories of creativity typically applied to more conventional organizations can also apply to terrorist organizations. The present effort reviews the extant literature on malevolent creativity, examining commonalities and differences about studying creativity in the domain of terrorism. Reviewing both lab-based and field-based research on terrorist creativity, we present a call for research to measure creativity in this domain.

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The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity across Domains , pp. 507 - 522
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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