Frieder R. Lang: Ageing as Future, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Ageing as Future
- A Study by the Volkswagen Foundation
(soweit verfügbar beim Lieferanten)
- Verlag:
- Springer Nature Switzerland, 06/2024
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, Paperback
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9783031575099
- Artikelnummer:
- 11894391
- Umfang:
- 176 Seiten
- Nummer der Auflage:
- 2024
- Ausgabe:
- 2024
- Gewicht:
- 277 g
- Maße:
- 235 x 155 mm
- Stärke:
- 10 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 11.6.2024
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
Contemporary societies are aging ¿ but what does that mean? Is this something bad? And can societies age as a whole? By bringing together psychological, gerontological, and sociological findings, this open access book opens up a hitherto unique, multifaceted, and realistic view of the phenomenon of old age and the process of aging.
The volume is based on the results of the project ¿Ageing as Future¿, a long-term project network (2007-2021) involving a total of more than 30 scientists worldwide. The focus of the project was threefold: A first issue was concerned with how views on aging influence development in old age; secondly, the project analyzed determinants and consequences of provision for old age; and thirdly, it investigated the different ways in which aging is shaped by managing time in old age.
For more than a decade, the authors conducted quantitative and qualitative studies, involving large samples from three different continents. The results show that one-sided views of old age ¿ whether negative stereotypes or positive exaggerations ¿ do not do justice to the complexity of the experience of aging. Based on these results, the authors plead for individual and societal acceptance of the social fact of aging ¿ and for the right to live an autonomous and dignified life in old age just as in other phases of life.
Ageing as Future: A study by the Volkswagen Foundation presents findings from a unique large international study that are of interest to aging researchers around the world: academically, socio-politically, practically, and personally. Whether old or young, the book encourages one to question one's own views of aging. When reading this book, it becomes obvious that old age is a highly diverse experience, depending on a host of societal and individual factors.
Biografie (Stephan Lessenich)
Stephan Lessenich (Dr. rer. pol.) ist Professor für Soziologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Vergleichende Gesellschafts- und Kulturanalyse an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.