Aging and human nature : perspectives from philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology / Mark Schweda, Michael Coors, Claudia Bozzaro, editors.

• 1. Introduction: aging and human nature-perspectives from philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology / Mark Schweda, Michael Coors, and Claudia Bozzaro -- Part 1: Aging and the human condition. 2. Becoming oneself: on the individuality of aging / Thomas Rentsch -- 3. Aging and personal growth: developmental potentials in old age / Andreas Kruse -- 4. Beyond control: dependence and passivity in old age / Heinz Rüegger -- Part 2: Aging, body, and space. 5. The aging body as lived history: a phenomenological perspective / Wim Dekkers -- 6. Becoming old: the gendered body and the experience of aging / Maren Wehrle -- 7. Capturing space: aging, (dis-)placement, or making room / Christina Schües -- Part 3: Aging, time, and narrativity. 8. Living in a temporal perspective: aging between metric and narrative time / Jan Baars -- 9. Embodied time: the narrative refiguration of aging / Michael Coors -- 10. The autumn of my years: aging and the temporal structure of human life / Mark Schweda -- 11. The paradox of human finitude: between fatalism and resistance / Christine Overall -- Part 4: Aging in relations. 12. Responsive aging: an existential view / Frits de Lange -- 13. Providing help: aging and care / Hartmut Remmers -- 14. Birth, progress, and appropriation: aging and generationality from the perspective of historical anthropology / Jörg Zirfas -- Part 5: Anthropological views of aging in contemporary discourses and practices. 15. Should we do what comes naturally?: the quest for meaning in old age / Ronald J. Manheimer -- 16. Wise old men (and women): recovering a positive anthropology of aging / Soren Holm -- 17. Vulnerability in old age: the fragility of inappropriately protected interests / Sarnia Hurst -- 18. Aging with dignity: a philosophical perspective / Ralf Stoecker -- 19. Closer to the world beyond?: spirituality and transcendence in old age / Ralph Kunz. 

• This book focuses on ageing as a topic of philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology. It provides a systematic inventory of fundamental theoretical questions and assumptions involved in the discussion of ageing and old age. What does it mean for human beings to grow old and become more vulnerable and dependent? How can we understand the manifestations of ageing and old age in the human body? How should we interpret the processes of change in the temporal course of a human life? What impact does old age have on the social dimensions of human existence? In order to tackle these questions, the volume brings together internationally distinguished scholars from the fields of philosophy, theology, cultural studies, social gerontology, and ageing studies. The collection of their original articles makes a twofold contribution to contemporary academic discourse. On one hand, it helps to clarify and deepen our understanding of ageing and old age by examining it from the fundamental point of view of philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology. At the same time, it also enhances and expands the discourses of philosophical, theological, and historical anthro­pology by systematically taking into account that human beings are essentially ageing creatures. 

Ämnesord

Historisk sociologi  (sao)

Religionssociologi  (sao)

Åldrandet  -- psykologiska aspekter (sao)

Åldrandet  -- sociala aspekter (sao)

Åldrandet  -- religiösa aspekter (sao)

Historical sociology  (LCSH)

Religion and sociology  (LCSH)

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