Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

Mihály Csíkszentmihályi (2010)

Mihály Csíkszentmihályi [  [ 'mihaːj' tʃiːksɛntmihaːji ] ] (born September 29, 1934 in Rijeka ) is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Chicago and an author.

Csíkszentmihályi was born as the son of the Hungarian consul in what is now Rijeka (Croatia), which was then part of Italy . He taught business management at Claremont Graduate University in California .

In 1975 he described the flow experience . He is regarded as the most outstanding scientist in this field, but is not the first to discover the concept (cf. for example Kurt Hahn 1908 with his “creative passion”, which is largely synonymous, Maria Montessori with “ polarization of attention ” and Abraham Maslow with “peak experience”).

In 1997 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 2011 he was awarded the Széchenyi Prize .

Works (selection)

• The Art of Seeing. An Interpretation of the Aesthetic Encounter. The Paul Getty Trust, 1990.
• Good work: when excellence and ethics meet . Add. with Howard Gardner and William Damon. Basic Books, New York 2001, ISBN 0-465-02607-9 .

Works in German translation

• Giving the meaning of life a future. Klett-Cotta , Stuttgart 2000 ISBN 3-608-91018-2 .
• Live well . Dtv, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-423-08548-7 .
• Flow at work. The secret of happiness in the workplace. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-608-93532-0 .
• Good work! For a new ethic in your job. Add. with Howard Gardner and William Damon. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart, 2005, ISBN 978-3-60894-070-1 .
• Flow . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-608-94555-3 .
• Creativity. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-608-94656-7 .
• The extraordinary experience in everyday life , Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-608-91751-9 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Mihály Csíkszentmihályi in the catalog of the German National Library
• Mihály Csíkszentmihályi on the Claremont Graduate University website