Wisdom and/or Dementia: Is This the Choice American Society Is Mired In?
Using the socially-constructed binary between wisdom and cognitive impairment as its case study, this essay tries to break this binary, first by describing and contextualizing the situation of the author’s mother in her 90s. Dangers to American well-being in general include failures of medical asses...
| Published in: | Interpretation |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Sage Publ.
2014
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| In: |
Interpretation
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| Further subjects: | B
Ageism
B Wisdom B Multiple intelligences B MEMORY loss B Wisdom Literature B Collaborative intelligence B Alzheimer’s B Dementia B Cognitive impairment |
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| Summary: | Using the socially-constructed binary between wisdom and cognitive impairment as its case study, this essay tries to break this binary, first by describing and contextualizing the situation of the author’s mother in her 90s. Dangers to American well-being in general include failures of medical assessment and caregiving, and, not least, problems maintaining the crucial traditional link between old age and wisdom. Hope resides in viewing minds differently, restoring respect to elders, and recognizing wisdom wherever found. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0020964313518180 |