From first principles : an experiment in ageing
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From first principles : an experiment in ageing
Bergin & Garvey, 1996
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-174) and index
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Description
Most studies of ageing have been done by the non-aged. To correct this imbalance, Hazan enlisted the resources of an unusual and innovative group of elderly persons in Cambridge, England. Gathering together in a structured curriculum of seminars and discussion groups and calling themselves the University of the Third Age, the elders intellectually reexamine the spectrum of sociocultural and epistemological principles starting with basics. Hazan's careful observation, description and transcription of the words of the Third Agers demonstrates that cognition and discourse go through transformations and permutations as individuals attain the so-called wisdom years. Alone in the literature on ageing, Hazan's contribution lights the way for much new thinking and research on and among our older population.
Table of Contents
Preface Discourse: Assumptions of Ageing Substance: A Question of Learning Analytic Considerations: A Question of Anthropology Audibility: A Question of Language Text: Soundings of the Code of Ageing Terms of Reference: "Taking it from First Principles" Time: "We all were grandchildren" Space: "We are all white middle class--what the hell have we done about it?" Reason: "It is the annihilation of the world as we know it" Context: Testing Out for Ageing Time Recaptured: The Hidden Agenda of Death Space Regained: The Control of Images Reason Applied: The Void of Autonomy Discussion: An Experiment in Ageing
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