Non-Fiction Books:

Meaning and Aging

Humanist Perspectives
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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 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.

Author Biography:

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.
Release date Australia
May 2nd, 2024
Audience
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Contributors
  • Edited by Anja Machielse
  • Edited by Joachim Duyndam
Illustrations
Approx. 150 p.
Pages
151
ISBN-13
9783031558054
Product ID
38619046

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