Valuing Older People: A Humanist Approach to Ageing

doi:10.46692/9781847422934

How can we understand older people as real human beings, value their wisdom, and appreciate that their norms and purposes both matter in themselves and are affected by those of others? Using a life-course approach, this book argues that the complexity and potential creativity of later life demand a humanistic vision of older people and ageing.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii
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Contents
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List of tables and figures
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Notes on contributors
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Acknowledgements
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Foreword
pp xi-xii
- By Judith Phillips
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Introduction
pp 1-20
- By Ricca Edmondson, Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz
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Part One - Religion, spirituality, cultural resources and creating meaning
pp 21-22
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one - Religious belonging and spiritual questioning: a Western European perspective on ageing and religion
pp 23-36
- By Peter G. Coleman
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two - Spirituality: a means for achieving integration in personal and community spheres in an ageing Singapore
pp 37-50
- By Kalyani K. Mehta
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three - Integrating the sacred in creative ageing
pp 51-72
- By Michele Dillon
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four - Atheist convictions, Christian beliefs or ‘keeping things open’? Patterns of world views among three generations in East German families
pp 73-90
- By Monika Wohlrab-Sahr
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five - Beyond dialogue: entering the fourth space in old age
pp 91-104
- By Haim Hazan
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Part Two - Norms, values and gerontology
pp 105-106
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six - The long road to a moralisation of old age
pp 107-122
- By Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz
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seven - How to balance generations: solidarity dilemmas in a European perspective
pp 123-138
- By Svein Olav Daatland
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eight - Pension systems and the challenge of population ageing: what does the public think?
pp 139-160
- By Dina Frommert, Dirk Hofäcker, Thorsten Heien, Hans-Jürgen Andreß
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nine - Ethos of care and environment in long-stay care settings: impacts on residents’ lives
pp 161-176
- By Adeline Cooney , Kathy Murphy
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ten - Engineering substantially prolonged human lifespans: biotechnological enhancement and ethics
pp 177-198
- By Peter Derkx
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Part Three - Ageing and wisdom? Conflicts and contested developments
pp 199-200
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eleven - Wisdom: a humanist approach to valuing older people
pp 201-216
- By Ricca Edmondson
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twelve - Social practices, moral frameworks and religious values in the lives of older people
pp 217-232
- By Carmel Gallagher
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thirteen - ‘Woo-hoo, what a ride!’ Older people, life stories and active ageing
pp 233-248
- By Lorna Warren , Amanda Clarke
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fourteen - Does eldership mean anything in the contemporary West?
pp 249-260
- By James Nichol
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fifteen - Talk about old age, health and morality
pp 261-274
- By Outi Jolanki
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Afterwords
pp 275-276
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sixteen - Exploring positive images of ageing: the production of calendars
pp 277-282
- By Eileen Fairhurst, Sue Baines
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seventeen - Gateways to humanistic gerontology
pp 283-288
- By Ronald J. Manheimer
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Index
pp 289-298
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Available titles in the Ageing and the Lifecourse series
pp 299-300
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