Later Life views older age as a valuable stage of life, argues for the centrality of self-making to its quality and explores, with the help of literary examples, factors both supporting and hindering the quality of later-life experiences.
Later Life views older age as a valuable stage of life, argues for the centrality of self-making to its quality and explores, with the help of literary examples, factors both supporting and hindering the quality of later-life experiences.
Barbara A. Misztal is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Leicester. She is the author of a number of books, including Multiple Normalities (2015), The Challenges of Vulnerability (2011), Intellectuals and the Public Good (2007), Social Theories of Remembering (2003), Informality ( 2000), Trust in Modern Society (1996) and Action on AIDS (with D. Moss,1990). Her current research interest is focused on search for narratives that make sense of the public sphere.
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Introduction: Later Life and The Experience of Ageing PART I. THE PILLARS OF LATER LIFE 1. Keeping on Wondering 2. It Takes Courage 3. The Enabling Potential of Habit PART II. THE ORDEALS OF LATER LIFE 4. The Specious Present and Boredom 5. The Flexible Past and Bitterness 6. The Diminishing Future and SadnessEpilogue: Explications and Ellipses.
Introduction: Later Life and The Experience of Ageing PART I. THE PILLARS OF LATER LIFE 1. Keeping on Wondering 2. It Takes Courage 3. The Enabling Potential of Habit PART II. THE ORDEALS OF LATER LIFE 4. The Specious Present and Boredom 5. The Flexible Past and Bitterness 6. The Diminishing Future and SadnessEpilogue: Explications and Ellipses.
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