Art, Crime and Madness
Art, Crime and Madness This book explores the relationship between creative innovation, deviance and morbidity. The essence of art is creative innovation, coupled with an ability, in varying degrees,…
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Art, Crime and Madness
This book explores the relationship between creative innovation, deviance and morbidity. The essence of art is creative innovation, coupled with an ability, in varying degrees, to transcend the boundaries of consciousness. To innovate, one has to be able to view the medium and the object of creativity in a different, hitherto unexplored manner.
Likewise, the criminal and the deviant are more likely to transcend normative barriers while creating, hence the wide range of criminal and deviant behaviour in society. But this 'ability' is also the prerogative of the mentally deranged. Although the inverse hypothesis does not hold -- the mere existence of deviance or morbidity does not predispose the individual to creativity -- nevertheless criminal and mad behaviour are often very innovative.
This thesis is illustrated by historical case histories of creative deviance and genius madness, and
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