What are old people for? : how elders will save the world
"We live in a society that opposes aging, despite the evidence that each of us is, in fact, aging. This anti-aging bias has prevented us from thinking about old age in a way that feels good or that will create a good elderhood. Removing our ageist blinders, Dr. Thomas provides a motivational and visionary blueprint for old age as a healing force in society."-- Publisher's description
Nonfiction
1 online resource (xii, 370 pages : illustrations
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True longevity
A new wrinkle
The doctrine of youth's perfection
The hidden powers of age
Myths and other theories
Becoming human
A matter of life and death
Necessity's virtue
The rise of elderhood
Old age long ago
Industrial-strength aging
Victory
Navigating life
Living on the edge of the world
Old maps
The way we live now
Five ages
Tragedy
The cult of adulthood
The assault on childhood
Adult forever
The old-age archipelago
Private grief, public tragedy
Distant thunder
The Eden alternative
Resistance
Place and no place
Elderhood's sanctuary
The green house
A wink and a smile
Midwife of elderhood
The first Shahbaz
The problem of protection
Convivium
The twofold path
The ripening
Elderhood reborn
On being an elder
Eldertopia
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