Ageing as Future
Lang F, Lessenich S, Rothermund K (2024)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Authored book, Monography
Publication year: 2024
Publisher: Springer
City/Town: Cham, Switzerland
ISBN: 978-3-031-57506-8
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-57507-5
Open Access Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-57507-5
Abstract
Contemporary societies are aging – but what does that mean? Is this something bad? And can societies age as a whole? By bringing together psychological, gerontological, and sociological findings, this open access book opens up a hitherto unique, multifaceted, and realistic view of the phenomenon of old age and the process of aging.
The volume is based on the results of the project “Ageing as Future”, a long-term project network (2007-2021) involving a total of more than 30 scientists worldwide. The focus of the project was threefold: A first issue was concerned with how views on aging influence development in old age; secondly, the project analyzed determinants and consequences of provision for old age; and thirdly, it investigated the different ways in which aging is shaped by managing time in old age.
For more than a decade, the authors conducted quantitative and qualitative studies, involving large samples from three different continents. The results show that one-sided views of old age – whether negative stereotypes or positive exaggerations – do not do justice to the complexity of the experience of aging. Based on these results, the authors plead for individual and societal acceptance of the social fact of aging – and for the right to live an autonomous and dignified life in old age just as in other phases of life.
Ageing as Future: A study by the Volkswagen Foundation presents findings from a unique large international study that are of interest to aging researchers around the world: academically, socio-politically, practically, and personally. Whether old or young, the book encourages one to question one's own views of aging. When reading this book, it becomes obvious that old age is a highly diverse experience, depending on a host of societal and individual factors.
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APA:
Lang, F., Lessenich, S., & Rothermund, K. (2024). Ageing as Future. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
MLA:
Lang, Frieder, Stephan Lessenich, and Klaus Rothermund. Ageing as Future. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2024.
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