Paul Higgs, Chris Gilleard

Rethinking Old Age (eBook, PDF)

Theorising the Fourth Age

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This insightful re-examination of the nature of old age presents a unique theoretical account of the fourth age as the embodiment of the most feared and marginalized aspects of old age, addressing contemporary society's anxieties and offering opportunities for re-framing conceptions of old age.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137384003
• Artikelnr.: 47897992

Autorenporträt

Paul Higgs is Professor of Sociology of the Ageing in the Division of Psychiatry at University College London, UK.#

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Idea of a Fourth Age
 2. The Shadow of Long-term Care
 3. Demographic and Epidemiological Aspects of the Fourth Age
 4. Frailty and the Fourth Age
 5. Abjection and the Fourth Age
 6. Care and the Moral Identity of the Fourth Age
 7. Bridges and Barriers between the Third and the Fourth Age
 8. Fashioning a Future for Fourth Age Studies.