The Mature Imagination: Dynamics of Identity in Midlife and Beyond - Couverture rigide

Biggs, Simon

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0335201032 ISBN 13 : 9780335201037

Editeur : Open University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This text critically assesses notions of adult ageing as they affect people's lifestyles and their sense of personal and social identity. Simon Briggs examines the interpretation of these changes within social theory and their implications for practice in therapy and in health and welfare settings. His argument develops a number of key concepts, and begins by assessing notions of change arising from psychodynamic and postmodern perspectives on ageing. Whilst these ideas shape our understanding, the study of ageing itself challenges easy theoretical assumptions about adult identity. The author critically assesses the contribution of these key perspectives and develops a model for combining the inner world of the mature imagination with the possibilities and uncertainties inherent in contemporary social life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Open University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0335201032
• ISBN 13: 9780335201037
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
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