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Man and creativity: a contrastive analysis between Western and Islamic psychologies

Among all creations of God living in this planet, man is the most intelligent, innovative and creative. Imbued with these qualities, man was able to plan, create and recreate new things using the resources available in the environment. Man’s position as God’s best creation and as the recipient of th...

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Main Authors: Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas, Afridi, Muhammad Adil Khan
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Language:English
Published: 2014
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BF Psychology
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BP1 Islam
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spelling my.iium.irep.388702016-08-05T04:05:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38870/ Man and creativity: a contrastive analysis between Western and Islamic psychologies Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Adil Khan BF Psychology BF173 Psychoanalysis BP1 Islam Among all creations of God living in this planet, man is the most intelligent, innovative and creative. Imbued with these qualities, man was able to plan, create and recreate new things using the resources available in the environment. Man’s position as God’s best creation and as the recipient of the creative intelligence from his Creator has further advanced him in mastering science and technology. As a result of his advancement in knowledge and science in one way or another has ushered man into creating great civilizations. While the discussion goes on as to whether man’s creativity is an inborn or a learned behaviour, this paper intends to explore and analyze some of the existing concepts on human creativity found in Western and Islamic psychologies. Very particularly, the researchers would like to examine the concept of creativity put forward by Freudian Psychoanalysis, Behaviorists, Humanistic and Islamic psychologies. It is expected that the findings of this research can motivate mankind to be more dynamic and productive in bringing upon the much needed positive change to the present world conditions. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38870/1/Man_and_Creativity_A_Contrastive_Analysis_between_-ICCI_2014.pdf Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas and Afridi, Muhammad Adil Khan (2014) Man and creativity: a contrastive analysis between Western and Islamic psychologies. In: 2nd International Conference On Creativity And Innovation For Sustainable Development 2014 (ICCI 2014), 20-22 Oct. 2014, Conference Room, Kuliyyah Information and Communication Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia. http://www.iium.edu.my/irkhs/events/2nd-international-conference-creativity-innovation-sustainable-development-icci-2014
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BP1 Islam
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BF173 Psychoanalysis
BP1 Islam
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Afridi, Muhammad Adil Khan
Man and creativity: a contrastive analysis between Western and Islamic psychologies
description Among all creations of God living in this planet, man is the most intelligent, innovative and creative. Imbued with these qualities, man was able to plan, create and recreate new things using the resources available in the environment. Man’s position as God’s best creation and as the recipient of the creative intelligence from his Creator has further advanced him in mastering science and technology. As a result of his advancement in knowledge and science in one way or another has ushered man into creating great civilizations. While the discussion goes on as to whether man’s creativity is an inborn or a learned behaviour, this paper intends to explore and analyze some of the existing concepts on human creativity found in Western and Islamic psychologies. Very particularly, the researchers would like to examine the concept of creativity put forward by Freudian Psychoanalysis, Behaviorists, Humanistic and Islamic psychologies. It is expected that the findings of this research can motivate mankind to be more dynamic and productive in bringing upon the much needed positive change to the present world conditions.
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author Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas
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title Man and creativity: a contrastive analysis between Western and Islamic psychologies
title_short Man and creativity: a contrastive analysis between Western and Islamic psychologies
title_full Man and creativity: a contrastive analysis between Western and Islamic psychologies
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title_full_unstemmed Man and creativity: a contrastive analysis between Western and Islamic psychologies
title_sort man and creativity: a contrastive analysis between western and islamic psychologies
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/38870/1/Man_and_Creativity_A_Contrastive_Analysis_between_-ICCI_2014.pdf
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