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Release : 2016
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Book Rating : 672/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Becoming who You are : Aging, Self-realization and Cultural Narratives about Later Life by :
Download or read book Becoming who You are : Aging, Self-realization and Cultural Narratives about Later Life written by . This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hanne Laceulle
Release : 2018-11-30
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Aging and Self-Realization by : Hanne Laceulle
Download or read book Aging and Self-Realization written by Hanne Laceulle. This book was released on 2018-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dominant cultural narratives about later life dismiss the value senior citizens hold for society. In her cultural-philosophical critique, Hanne Laceulle outlines counter narratives that acknowledge both potentials and vulnerabilities of later life. She draws on the rich philosophical tradition of thought about self-realization and explores the significance of ethical concepts essential to the process of growing old such as autonomy, authenticity and virtue. These counter narratives aim to support older individuals in their search for a meaningful age identity, while they make society recognize its senior members as valued participants and moral agents of their own lives.
Author : Mark Schweda
Release : 2020-01-11
Genre : Family & Relationships
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Book Rating : 970/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Aging and Human Nature by : Mark Schweda
Download or read book Aging and Human Nature written by Mark Schweda. This book was released on 2020-01-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on ageing as a topic of philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology. It provides a systematic inventory of fundamental theoretical questions and assumptions involved in the discussion of ageing and old age. What does it mean for human beings to grow old and become more vulnerable and dependent? How can we understand the manifestations of ageing and old age in the human body? How should we interpret the processes of change in the temporal course of a human life? What impact does old age have on the social dimensions of human existence? In order to tackle these questions, the volume brings together internationally distinguished scholars from the fields of philosophy, theology, cultural studies, social gerontology, and ageing studies. The collection of their original articles makes a twofold contribution to contemporary academic discourse. On one hand, it helps to clarify and deepen our understanding of ageing and old age by examining it from the fundamental point of view of philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology. At the same time, it also enhances and expands the discourses of philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology by systematically taking into account that human beings are essentially ageing creatures.
Author : Núria Casado-Gual
Release : 2019-07-31
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 962/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Re-discovering Age(ing) by : Núria Casado-Gual
Download or read book Re-discovering Age(ing) written by Núria Casado-Gual. This book was released on 2019-07-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Mentor, Telemachus' advisor in Homer's Odyssey, gave name to the figure of the ›wise teacher,‹ fictional representations of mentoring have permeated classic and contemporary cultural texts of different literary genres such as fiction, poetry, and life writing. The contributions of this volume explore wisdom in old age through a series of narratives of mentorship which, either from a critical or a personal perspective, undermine ageist views of later life.
Author : Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Release : 2004-01-15
Genre : Psychology
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Book Synopsis Aged by Culture by : Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Download or read book Aged by Culture written by Margaret Morganroth Gullette. This book was released on 2004-01-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans enjoy longer lives and better health, yet we are becoming increasingly obsessed with trying to stay young. What drives the fear of turning 30, the boom in anti-aging products, the wars between generations? What men and women of all ages have in common is that we are being insidiously aged by the culture in which we live. In this illuminating book, Margaret Morganroth Gullette reveals that aging doesn't start in our chromosomes, but in midlife downsizing, the erosion of workplace seniority, threats to Social Security, or media portrayals of "aging Xers" and "greedy" Baby Boomers. To combat the forces aging us prematurely, Gullette invites us to change our attitudes, our life storytelling, and our society. Part intimate autobiography, part startling cultural expose, this book does for age what gender and race studies have done for their categories. Aged by Culture is an impassioned manifesto against the pernicious ideologies that steal hope from every stage of our lives.
