{"product_id":"creativity-will-save-the-world-toward-a-spiritual-humanism-paperback","title":"Creativity Will Save the World: Toward a Spiritual Humanism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Berdyaev\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTom Willett\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStephen Janos\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas Alexandrovich Berdyaev (1874-1948) was a Russian philosopher and activist who changed the philosophical, aesthetic and religious landscape of the 20th century. The author of more than 15 books and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times, he spoke in a new way about the centrality of creativity to what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1922, along with other elite representatives of Russian culture, science and theology, Berdyaev was exiled from Russia by the Soviet authorities on the renown \"Philosophers' Ship.\" For the rest of his life he lived in an expatriate who dreamed of returning to his homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his seminal work, \u003cem\u003eThe Meaning of the Creative Act, \u003c\/em\u003e which contains in raw form all of his dominant and formative ideas, he noted that \"the importance and the interesting aspect in humans is connected with the opening up in them of the path towards the Infinite and the Eternal, with the possibility of breaking through. Creativeness is a transition beyond the limits of this world.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreativity Will Save the World\u003c\/em\u003e presents the most evocative sections of \u003cem\u003eThe Meaning...\u003c\/em\u003e along with excerpts from other Berdyaev books and articles in which he further elucidates his main theme that \"God calls us to creative activity and to a creative answer to God's love.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo those who aspire to the privileged and terrifying role of \"artist,\" and to the rest of us who simply desire to practice a more humane spirituality and a more spiritual humanism, this book is dedicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTom Willett \u003c\/strong\u003e(1950- ) is an American musician, entertainment industry executive, educator and author who has been involved in the creation and marketing of more than 300 award-winning record albums. His work has been cited in \"Billboard,\" \"Rolling Stone,\" the \"L.A. Times,\" \"Entertainment Weekly\" and \u003cem\u003eImage Journal.\u003c\/em\u003e He is the creator of \u003cem\u003eVan Gogh to Go, \u003c\/em\u003ea 3-volume series presenting van Gogh's most evocative quotes and paintings about art, work and spirituality, plus the online project, \u003cem\u003eInto The Mystic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Editor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Throughout my career as a musician, booking agent, artist manager, Artist \u0026amp; Repertoire executive, marketing VP, educator, and author I have felt compelled to attempt to fashion, for lack of a better term, a 'Rock and Roll Theological Aesthetic.' By that I do not mean a philosophy of religious art \u003cem\u003eper se, \u003c\/em\u003e but an exploration into how great art, even popular music, by its sheer originality and excellence, can transport the listener from the here-and-now to what seems another realm, another place, another way of being. To quote The Door's Jim Morrison, I marvel at how compelling expressions of creativity can help us 'break on through to the other side.' To that I would add the wisdom of Mssrs. Jagger and Richards, 'I know it's only Rock and Roll, but I like it.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For your consideration as 'Patron Saint of the New Spiritual Humanism, ' may I suggest Nicholas Berdyaev.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 7 x 4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785943318816,"sku":"9780578879215","price":10.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/426183e449a289356c78390b03fa3aef.webp?v=1780623955","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/creativity-will-save-the-world-toward-a-spiritual-humanism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}