Violent innovation: Creativity in the domain of terrorism

Gina Scott Ligon; Karyn Sporer; Douglas C. Derrick

doi:10.1017/9781316274385.028

Violent innovation: Creativity in the domain of terrorism

Gina Scott Ligon, Karyn Sporer, Douglas C. Derrick

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Terrorism provides a rich yet understudied domain to examine creativity. Because violent ideological organizations must continue to generate covert and novel ways to recruit members, raise finances, and plan attacks, theories of creativity typically applied to more conventional organizations can also apply to terrorist organizations. The present effort reviews the extant literature on malevolent creativity, examining commonalities and differences about studying creativity in the domain of terrorism. Reviewing both lab-based and field-based research on terrorist creativity, we present a call for research to measure creativity in this domain.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity across Domains
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	507-522
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781316274385
ISBN (Print)	9781107110182
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316274385.028
State	Published - Sep 28 2017

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