1. Situating creativity -- 2. The creative person -- 3. Relationships for creativity -- 4. Creativity and places -- 5. The new media landscape -- 6. The broad contexts of creativity -- 7. An anatomy of creativity.

In the five decades since Vance Packard published The Waste Makers (1960), planned product obsolescence has developed in many subtle and sophisticated ways. Yet its social and environmental impact remains largely unacknowledged; planned obsolescence continues to be elaborated and to undermine...