Ageing, Meaning and Social Structure: Connecting Critical and Humanistic Gerontology

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Ageing, Meaning and Social Structure

Connecting Critical and Humanistic Gerontology

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Edited by Jan Baars, Universiteit voor Humanistiek, The Netherlands, Joseph Dohmen, Universiteit voor Humanistiek, The Netherlands, Amanda Grenier, University of Toronto, Chris Phillipson, University of Manchester

Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Online publication date:: September 2022
Print publication year:: 2013
Online ISBN:: 9781447300915
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.46692/9781447300915

Subjects:: Sociology of Religion, Sociology

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A wide range of contributors focus on major issues in ageing such as autonomy, agency, frailty, lifestyle, social isolation, dementia and professional challenges in social work and participatory research.

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Ageing, Meaning and Social Structure

Connecting Critical and Humanistic Gerontology

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

Notes on contributors
pp v-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

one - Introduction
pp 1-10

two - Connecting meaning with social structure: theoretical foundations
pp 11-30

three - My own life: ethics, ageing and lifestyle
pp 31-54

four - Rethinking agency in late life: structural and interpretive approaches
pp 55-80

five - Dementia: beyond structures of medicalisation and cultural neglect
pp 81-96

six - Self-realisation and ageing: a spiritual perspective
pp 97-118

seven - Social ability or social frailty? The balance between autonomy and connectedness in the lives of older people
pp 119-138

eight - Critical perspectives on social work with older people
pp 139-156

nine - Community-based participatory action research: opportunities and challenges for critical gerontology
pp 157-180

ten - Commentary: contingent ageing, naturalisation and some rays of intellectual hope
pp 181-196

Index
pp 197-205

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