The Last Frontier: The Social Meaning of Growing OldSAGE Publications, 1977 - 215 strán (strany) How do the elderly manage to give meaning to their daily lives? Fontana has spent three years watching and talking to an enormous variety of old people: those who can afford to "grow old gracefully", the elderly poor who scrape by in urban ghettos, and those who age behind the walls of nursing homes. He lets them speak for themselves, and what they say is often surprising: it destroys many of our most cherished assumptions about aging. This book provides fundamental insights into ways to age with dignity and sense. -- Publisher description. |
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... longer could exercise a choice in regard to his future . A saintly , ascetic life was no longer a guarantee of heavenly bliss , following one's " calling " to God no longer led to salva- tion . God had already decided for us whether we ...
... longer could exercise a choice in regard to his future . A saintly , ascetic life was no longer a guarantee of heavenly bliss , following one's " calling " to God no longer led to salva- tion . God had already decided for us whether we ...
Strana 37
... longer a burden to be grimly carried but the very tool with which one sought God . Work had suddenly moved center stage and assumed primary importance . While the religious overtones which gave impetus to the process to ennoble work and ...
... longer a burden to be grimly carried but the very tool with which one sought God . Work had suddenly moved center stage and assumed primary importance . While the religious overtones which gave impetus to the process to ennoble work and ...
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... longer be ennobling in itself , we are left with the notion of doing , being active . It matters not what we do , it is the doing in itself that matters . Activity now possesses the positive connotation once associated with work , while ...
... longer be ennobling in itself , we are left with the notion of doing , being active . It matters not what we do , it is the doing in itself that matters . Activity now possesses the positive connotation once associated with work , while ...
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