Midlife

Multidisciplinary Theories, Thoughts and Issues

Sanjukta Das, Nabamita Chakraborty

• Publisher: Routledge India
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781040267028
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Applied Psychology
• Index: Psychology

This book is a rare and intriguing account of the midlife experience from a multidisciplinary perspective. It represents an insightful construal of midlife from the disciplines of philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, literature, sociology, and the fine arts.

This volume provides an in-depth understanding of the middle phase of human lives which is the transitional phase at which a crucial transformation happens in the perspective towards life, society, and the world at large. It encompasses multiple methodological perspectives including empirical studies, descriptive and interpretative narratives, text analyses and revisiting existing literature. Since it addresses the issues of midlife from a multidisciplinary perspective, it would enable a wide variety of readers to connect with it.

This book would be useful to the students, researchers and teachers of psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, literature, sociology, social work, film studies and the fine arts. It would also be an invaluable companion to professionals working in the field of Counselling Gerontology, Health and Social care, and NGOs.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Table
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• Foreword
• PART I Fundamental Issues of Midlife
• PART II The Experience of the Intra- and Interpersonal SpacesSome Crucial Insights
• PART III Challenges, Community and Midlife
• PART IV The Creative Portrayal of Midlife
• Index