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Meaning and Aging: Humanist Perspectives: Studies in Humanism and Atheism

Editat de Joachim Duyndam, Anja Machielse
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 apr 2024
The main objective of this book is to add, from a humanist perspective, new interdisciplinary insights and research results to the current academic debate on aging. The collection aims to enhance and complement the predominantly biomedical and sociological debates and provide a more comprehensive and highly topical view on aging and old age. By purveying a meaning-in-life perspective to the current debate we want to enrich and to deepen the research on aging, thus aspiring to an ideal of meaningful aging. The starting point of this book is a humanistic meaning frame for addressing basic needs of a meaningful existence, such as having goals in life, a sense of self-worth, connectedness with others, moral justification, a certain degree of understanding (comprehensibility), direction and influence with a view to cohesion in life, and not in the least place: (living) pleasure or excitement. Taken together, the essays show that experiencing a meaningful life contributes to one’s mentalresilience, conceived as the ability to realize a humane individuality (autonomy) in thinking and acting in situations of adversity and vulnerability, particularly those faced by older people.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783031558054
ISBN-10: 3031558057
Ilustrații: XI, 151 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:2024
Editura: Springer Nature Switzerland
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Studies in Humanism and Atheism

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1: Introduction.- 2: Meaningful aging via lifelong growth and development.- 3: Meaning in life and social connectedness.- 3: Wisdom and meaningful aging.- 4: A locked room: The meaning of empathy and being seen, particularly for older adults.- 5: Art of living and art of aging.- 6: Dementia: considerations of what makes a meaningful life.- 7: Gathering data on meaning-in-life among older people: two explorative approaches.- 8: Conclusions on meaningful aging: humanist views.



Notă biografică

Joachim Duyndam is Full Professor of Humanism and Philosophy at the University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands. His research is focused on the significance of exemplars to moral agency.
Anja Machielse is Full Professor of Humanism and Social Resilience and endowed professor Social Resilience and Older Adults at the University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands. The focus in her work is on the significance of social relationships, both for personal life and for the wider community.


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The main objective of this book is to add, from a humanist perspective, new interdisciplinary insights and research results to the current academic debate on aging. The collection aims to enhance and complement the predominantly biomedical and sociological debates and provide a more comprehensive and highly topical view on aging and old age. By purveying a meaning-in-life perspective to the current debate we want to enrich and to deepen the research on aging, thus aspiring to an ideal of meaningful aging. The starting point of this book is a humanistic meaning frame for addressing basic needs of a meaningful existence, such as having goals in life, a sense of self-worth, connectedness with others, moral justification, a certain degree of understanding (comprehensibility), direction and influence with a view to cohesion in life, and not in the least place: (living) pleasure or excitement. Taken together, the essays show that experiencing a meaningful life contributes to one’s mental resilience, conceived as the ability to realize a humane individuality (autonomy) in thinking and acting in situations of adversity and vulnerability, particularly those faced by older people.

Caracteristici

Offers a variety of humanistic perspectives on aging and meaning in life Includes original contributions by renowned scholars Provides philosophical analysis as well as empirical data