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In this chapter, I use scholars such as Winnicott (Playing and Reality, 2005), Maslow (Toward a Psychology of Being, 1999) and Jung (The Undiscovered Self, 1958) to address both the structural aspects of human beings and the influence of the social system on patterns of behavior and modes of thought. I start by discussing the influence of parents on the newborn baby and the small child. This provides the framework for an understanding of how such influence translates later, in adulthood, into difficulties in expressing our creativity. I propose the concept of the outsider to the self to address the condition whereby a person gradually learns to disconnect from his or her inner world and is dragged instead into a fixation with the outer world.
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Hernández-Romero, L. (2017). The Obstruction of Personal Creativity. In: Re-evaluating Creativity. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53911-3_2
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