Isbn: 9780195133394 - challenges of the 3rd age: meaning and purpose in later life (12 risultati)

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Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. The newly retired are entering a time of life that is virtually uncharted, a time in which they are free from social expectations and, to a large extent, from obligations to others. Life's meanings are no longer provided by work and family. Instead, men and women have the freedom, and the need, to find new activities that they can imbue with meaning. The term, "Third Age" has been given to this time of life during which for most there is relatively good health,financial stability, and reduced family obligations. The problems and possibilities of this "Third Age" serve as the material for this book. How do older people decide how to deploy their continuedvitality, now that they are free from the demands of work and children? How do they find meaning in daily life? In this book, scholars from several disciplines consider the way in which meaning can be found in this important stage of later life. They discuss sociological, psychological, and religious determinants of responses to the challenges of finding meaningful activity after retirement. This volume addresses the issues of the Third Age - that time after retirement when financial stability and reduced obligations to others, together, allow for freedom, and good health makes it possible to enjoy that freedom. Questions are responded to by scholars in the field of aging, some themsel This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This volume addresses the issues of the Third Age--that time after retirement when financial stability and reduced obligations to others, together, allow for freedom--and good health makes it possible to enjoy that freedom. How, in this special time of life, is meaning and purpose to be found And what alternatives are available These difficult questions are responded to by scholars in the field of aging, some themselves in the Third Age.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Challenges of the Third Age | Meaning and Purpose in Later Life | Robert Stuart Weiss (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2001 | Oxford University Press | EAN 9780195133394 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …

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