Generativity and adult development : how and why we care for the next generation

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Generativity and adult development : how and why we care for the next generation

edited by Dan P. McAdams, Ed de St. Aubin

American Psychological Association, c1998

1st ed

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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内容説明

Generativity is the adult's concern for and commitment to promoting the next generation through parenting, teaching, mentoring and generating products and outcomes that aim to benefit a world that will outlive the self. Almost fifty years ago, Erik Erikson introduced this concept in his famous eight-stage model of human development as the seventh stage of the life cycle, generation vs. stagnation. A new, interdisciplinary wave of scholarship has linked generativity in contemporary life. Thus, a new, interdisciplinary wave of scholarship has linked generativity to such ideas as creativity, leadership, altruism, social responsibility, citizenship and volunteerism. This book brings together a distinguished roster of contributors of adult lives, replete with many clinical illustrations. Among the many intriguing questions that the authors ask are the following: Do highly generative individuals demonstrate higher levels of mental health and well-being? What is the relation between generativity and religious, political and community involvement? How to men and women differ in their experience of generativity? How did it manifest itself in the lives of such artists as Frank Lloyd Wright or Martha Graham? The reader should find here ideas and clinical wisdom about how adults fashion their lives to promote the ensuing generations and leave an enduring legacy.

目次

  • The Anatomy of Generativity
  • A Generative Drama - Scenes From A Father-Son Relationship
  • The Course of Generativity
  • Case Studies of Midlife Generativity - Analyzing Motivation and Realization
  • Immortality and the Externalization of Self - Plato's Unrecognized Theory of Generativity
  • Generativity - At the Crossroads of Social Roles and Personality
  • Generativity in Adult Lives - Social Structural Contours and Quality of Life Consequences
  • Generativity, Social Context and Life Experience - Narratives of Gay Men in Middle Adulthood
  • "Cares for the Rising Generation" - Generativity in American History, 1607-1900
  • Generativity in the Shadow of Genocide - the Holocaust Experience and Generativity
  • Intergenerational Buffers - "The Damage Stops Here"
  • Truth Against the World - a Psychobiographical Exploration of Generativity in the Life of Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Generativity and the Life Course of Martha Graham
  • Family Generativity and Generative Counselling - Helping Families Keep Faith With the Next Generation.

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