RT Book
T1 Meaning and aging: humanist perspectives
T2 Studies in humanism and atheism
A2 Duyndam, Joachim 1954-
A2 Machielse, Anja
LA English
PP Cham
PB Palgrave Macmillan
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1887967915
AB The main objective of this book is to add, from a humanist perspective, new interdisciplinary insights and research results to the current academic debate on aging. The collection aims to enhance and complement the predominantly biomedical and sociological debates and provide a more comprehensive and highly topical view on aging and old age. By purveying a meaning-in-life perspective to the current debate we want to enrich and to deepen the research on aging, thus aspiring to an ideal of meaningful aging. The starting point of this book is a humanistic meaning frame for addressing basic needs of a meaningful existence, such as having goals in life, a sense of self-worth, connectedness with others, moral justification, a certain degree of understanding (comprehensibility), direction and influence with a view to cohesion in life, and not in the least place: (living) pleasure or excitement. Taken together, the essays show that experiencing a meaningful life contributes to one's mentalresilience, conceived as the ability to realize a humane individuality (autonomy) in thinking and acting in situations of adversity and vulnerability, particularly those faced by older people
AB 1: Introduction.- 2: Meaningful aging via lifelong growth and development.- 3: Meaning in life and social connectedness.- 3: Wisdom and meaningful aging.- 4: A locked room: The meaning of empathy and being seen, particularly for older adults.- 5: Art of living and art of aging.- 6: Dementia: considerations of what makes a meaningful life.- 7: Gathering data on meaning-in-life among older people: two explorative approaches.- 8: Conclusions on meaningful aging: humanist views.
CN 200
SN 978-3-031-55805-4
K1 Lebenssinn
K1 Älterer Mensch
K1 Alter
K1 Humanismus
K1 Resilienz
K1 Autonomie
K1 Humanist & secular alternatives to religion
K1 Humanistische und weltliche Alternativen zu Religion
K1 Mysticism
K1 PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism
K1 PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging
K1 Psychologie des Alters und Alterns
K1 Psychology of ageing
K1 RELIGION / Psychology of Religion
K1 RELIGION / Spirituality
K1 Wunder, Erscheinungen & religiöse Phänomene
K1 Aufsatzsammlung