Personhood, Identity and Care in Advanced Old Age
eBook - ePub

Personhood, Identity and Care in Advanced Old Age

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Personhood, Identity and Care in Advanced Old Age

About this book

How do we sustain agency and identity amidst the frailty of advanced old age? What role does care play in this process?

Pushing forward new sociological theory, this book explores the theoretical and practical issues raised by age and infirmity. It begins with a theoretical examination of the fourth age, interrogating notions of agency, identity and personhood, as well as the impact of frailty, abjection and 'othering'. It then applies this analysis to issues of care.

Exploring our collective hopes and fears concerning old age and the ends of people's lives, this is essential reading on one of the biggest social issues of our time.

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Information

Publisher
Policy Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781447319054
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781447319092
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Diseases & Allergies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter One: Old age and the fourth age paradigm
  7. Chapter Two: Interrogating personhood
  8. Chapter Three: Agency, identity and personhood in the social sciences
  9. Chapter Four: Frailty
  10. Chapter Five: Understanding abjection
  11. Chapter Six: The moral imperative of care
  12. Chapter Seven: Care work
  13. Chapter Eight: Care without limits
  14. Chapter Nine: Conclusion
  15. References

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Yes, you can access Personhood, Identity and Care in Advanced Old Age by Higgs, Paul,Gilleard, Chris,Paul Higgs,Chris Gilleard in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Diseases & Allergies. We have over 1.5 million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.