Self, Creativity, Political Resistance

Self, Creativity, Political Resistance

This essay looks at the relationship between art and political change through a case study of the Eastern European dissidents, Vaclav Havel and Andrei Sakharov. Drawing on Heinz Kohut's account of the artist, I argue that creativity was a crucial source of each figure's resistance to total...

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Veröffentlicht in:Political psychology 1993-06, Vol.14 (2), p.347-362
1. Verfasser: Emery, Douglas B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Childhood
Citizenship
Creativity
Depersonalization
Individuation
Political discourse
Political resistance
Self
Totalitarianism
Transference
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Zusammenfassung:This essay looks at the relationship between art and political change through a case study of the Eastern European dissidents, Vaclav Havel and Andrei Sakharov. Drawing on Heinz Kohut's account of the artist, I argue that creativity was a crucial source of each figure's resistance to totalitarianism.
ISSN:0162-895X
1467-9221
DOI:10.2307/3791415