Description: Further DetailsTitle: Old Age and Other EssaysCondition: NewEAN: 9780745623863ISBN: 9780745623863Publisher: Polity PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/09/2001Description: This book by one of Italy's oldest and wisest intellectuals is a philosophical and personal meditation on ageing. The question of old age has preoccupied writers from Cicero to Améry, but in this volume Norberto Bobbio produces an account that is specific to our times. Born in 1909, Bobbio has lived through the major events of the past century, and his experiences of Fascism, Communism and the Cold War lend his reflections a melancholy that distinguishes them from earlier eulogies on old age and death. Bobbio's conclusions are often sobering, yet his investigation into memory and mortality is written with both humour and emotion. In the opening chapter, Bobbio reassesses the notion of progress from the perspective of an old man. Arguing for an understanding of historical change as the transfer between generations, Bobbio explains how the elderly are increasingly marginalized in contemporary society. Referring to the traditional idea of old age as the 'age of wisdom', Bobbio argues that our ever-accelerating technological progress has dramatically shifted the power of knowledge from old to young. This discussion of old age as a social problem is accompanied by a reflection on old age as a personal predicament. In his elegant and lucid prose, Bobbio confronts the facts of decrepitude and death. In taking stock of his life, he argues once again for the importance of democracy and human rights. This is a beautifully written book that will be of great interest to the academic and general reader alike. Its intellectual content renders it of particular value to students in the fields of philosophy, politics and the social sciences.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 236mmItem Length: 157mmItem Width: 14mmItem Weight: 299gAuthor: Norberto BobbioTranslator: Allan CameronContributor: Allan Cameron (Translated by)Genre: BiographyTopic: Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Philosophy & Spirituality, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2001 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Old Age and Other Essays
Title: Old Age and Other Essays
EAN: 9780745623863
ISBN: 9780745623863
Release Date: 05/09/2001
Release Year: 2001
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Translator: Allan Cameron
Contributor: Allan Cameron (Translated by)
Book Title: Old Age and Other Essays
Number of Pages: 120 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication Year: 2001
Topic: Gerontology, Death & Dying, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Item Height: 0.5 in
Genre: Philosophy, Social Science, Psychology
Item Weight: 10.6 Oz
Author: Norberto. Bobbio
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
