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Personhood, identity and care in advanced old age /
Pushing forward new sociological theory, this book explores the theoretical and practical issues raised by ageing, and the associated problems of mental and physical frailty in later life.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA :
Policy Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PERSONHOOD, IDENTITY AND CARE IN ADVANCED OLD AGE; Contents; Preface; 1. Old age and the fourth age paradigm; Modelling the fourth age; Social imaginary of a fourth age; Elements of the fourth age imaginary; Conclusions ; 2. Interrogating personhood; The ambivalence of 'persons'; Personhood as metaphysical identity; Persons and selves; Persons as agents; Personhood and moral status; The developmental nature of personhood and its moral identity; Conclusions; 3. Agency, identity and personhood in the social sciences; Durkheimian views of personhood and the self.
- From social to symbolic interactionismAnthropology: de-centring and re-centring the self; Contemporary sociology and the reflexive turn ; Agency, structure and reflexivity
- the work of Margaret Archer; Personhood as property and status; Agency, identity, personhood
- common themes and points of distinction; Conclusions; 4. Frailty; Biomedical models of frailty; Frailty as the loss of health reserves; Frailty: compromised agency/flawed identity; Frailty and the moral imperative of care; Conclusions; 5. Understanding abjection; The fate of the abject class.
- Frailty as a marker of a new abject classAbjection's dirty work; Abuse abjection and the dialectic of dependency; Conclusions; 6. The moral imperative of care ; The nature of care and caring; Care as a moral or social imperative; The social relations of care: formal and informal care; Identity, agency and ambiguity in informal care; Agency in the co-construction of care; Reciprocity and the care relationship; Care and its corporeal constraints; Conclusions; 7. Care work; Care work of infirm older people: a brief history; Contemporary patterns of care work; The experience of care and care work.
- Care work and care homesCare work and the transformation of home; Care work, care ethos and the moral order of care; Conclusions; 8. Care without limits; Journeys towards advanced infirmity; Mapping versus storying 'decline'; Advanced dementia, terminal personhood; Advance care and the ownership of the self; Conclusions; 9. Conclusion; Personhood and a critique of the philosophy of care; The fourth age imaginary: aid or obstacle to care?; Conclusions; References; Index.