Meaningful Aging from a Humanist Perspective - 9783031538711

Meaningful Aging from a Humanist PerspectiveAuthor(s): Peter Derkx, Anthony B. Pinn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9783031538711, 978-3031538711\nSynopsis\nAging is a topic of growing interest. As life expectancy in western societies is increasing, the growing number and proportion of elderly persons raise urgent questions on how to age well. Predominantly, questions on aging are taken from biomedical and economic paradigms, which are intertwined. While people of age are seen as a cost in society, biomedical research aims at curing the declining effects of aging, thus furthering ideals of healthy aging, active aging, or successful aging. In this book, Peter Derkx offers a comprehensive account of meaningful aging with Anthony Pinn responding in a fruitful and constructive way, for the benefit and edification of all of us.