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Sociology of Aging and DeathSocial Constructions of Aging: Theoretical Excursions

Sociology of Aging and Death: Social Constructions of Aging: Theoretical Excursions [This book is about deconstructing assumptions of aging and death through the theoretical prisms of social gerontology which is also about illuminating new social horizons based on theoretical development. There has long been a propensity in matters of aging and old age to engage in the reductionism of aging to its biological and psychological dimensions. Indeed, in occidental culture, aging came to be understood in terms of biological science to be only material, and the scientific approach to medicine became overwhelmingly objective, reductionistic, and rational. These scientific dimensions primarily are a set of normative “stages” of body and mind processes that position the experiences and representations of aging and old age in Western culture (Gilleard & Higgs, 2000). For the biomedical model, growing old would primarily be a process of inevitable physical and mental “decline” and of preparation for the ultimate ending: death itself.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Sociology of Aging and DeathSocial Constructions of Aging: Theoretical Excursions

Part of the International Perspectives on Aging Book Series (volume 35)
Powell, Jason
Sociology of Aging and Death — Nov 26, 2022
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-031-19328-6
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15 –30
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-19329-3_2
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[This book is about deconstructing assumptions of aging and death through the theoretical prisms of social gerontology which is also about illuminating new social horizons based on theoretical development. There has long been a propensity in matters of aging and old age to engage in the reductionism of aging to its biological and psychological dimensions. Indeed, in occidental culture, aging came to be understood in terms of biological science to be only material, and the scientific approach to medicine became overwhelmingly objective, reductionistic, and rational. These scientific dimensions primarily are a set of normative “stages” of body and mind processes that position the experiences and representations of aging and old age in Western culture (Gilleard & Higgs, 2000). For the biomedical model, growing old would primarily be a process of inevitable physical and mental “decline” and of preparation for the ultimate ending: death itself.]

Published: Nov 26, 2022

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