This book looks at the symbolic side of globalization, development, and aging. Many of the dimensions that are discussed represent updates of past debates but some are entirely new. In particular, globalization is accompanied by subtle social imagery that profoundly shapes the way institutions and identities are imagined. The process of aging and persons sense of identity is no exception. The underlying assumptions that pervade globalization inform how critical dimensions of aging are discussed and institutionalized. The application of marketplace imagery, for example, may impact attempts for holism in how aging is studied and the prospects for human agency during the aging process. This book offers a special look into how temporality, technology, normativity, and empiricism structure the symbolic side of globalization and influence dominant images of the aging process. Current debates about globalization and aging are expanded by helping readers see the social imagery that is both subtly behind globalization and at the forefront of shaping the aging experience.
| ISBN: | 9781489990754 |
| Publication date: | 15th October 2014 |
| Author: | Steven L Arxer, John W Murphy |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer New York |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 170 pages |
| Series: | International Perspectives on Aging |
| Genres: |
Life sciences: general issues Sociology Social welfare and social services Regional, state and other local government Public health and preventive medicine |
This book looks at the symbolic side of globalization, development, and aging. Many of the dimensions that are discussed represent updates of past debates but some are entirely new. In particular, globalization is accompanied by subtle social imagery that profoundly shapes the way institutions and identities are imagined. The process of aging and persons sense of identity is no exception. The underlying assumptions that pervade globalization inform how critical dimensions of aging are discussed and institutionalized. The application of marketplace imagery, for example, may impact attempts for holism in how aging is studied and the prospects for human agency during the aging process. This book offers a special look into how temporality, technology, normativity, and empiricism structure the symbolic side of globalization and influence dominant images of the aging process. Current debates about globalization and aging are expanded by helping readers see the social imagery that is both subtly behind globalization and at the forefront of shaping the aging experience.
The Symbolism of Globalization, Development, and Aging features in the following genres: Life sciences: general issues, Sociology, Social welfare and social services, Regional, state and other local government, Public health and preventive medicine
The Symbolism of Globalization, Development, and Aging is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Symbolism of Globalization, Development, and Aging was written by Steven L Arxer, John W Murphy and published by Springer an imprint of Springer New York
The Symbolism of Globalization, Development, and Aging has 170 pages
Yes it is part of International Perspectives on Aging series