1st Edition
Contrary Imaginations A Psychological Study of the English Schoolboy
By Liam Hudson
Copyright 1966
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1966, this title describes two types of clever schoolboy, the ‘converger’ and the ‘diverger’. The intellectual and personal differences between these two types are examined in detail. This description is used as the foundation for a more general discussion of the motives which lead men and women into the Arts or the Sciences, and of the qualities which enable some to think... Read more
Acknowledgements. 1. Presuppositions 2. Arts and Science 3. Convergers and Divergers 4. A Network of Connections 5. Rival Systems of Defence 6. The Question of Creativity 7. A Tentative Explanation 8. Some Speculations on Original Thought. Appendix A: Statistical Tables. Appendix B: The Tests. References. Index.
Biography
Liam Hudson
