Aging Thoughtfully
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regrets
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 29 June 2020
- ISBN 9780190092313
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages264 pages
- Size 236x157x17 mm
- Weight 363 g
- Language English 246
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Short description:
A philosopher and a lawyer-economist examine the challenges of the last third of life. They write about friendship, sex, retirement communities, inheritance, poverty, and the depiction of aging women in films. These essays, or conversations, will help readers of all ages think about how to age well, or at least thoughtfully, and how to interact with older family members and friends.
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We all age differently, but we can learn from shared experiences and insights. The conversations, or paired essays, in Aging Thoughtfully combine a philosopher's approach with a lawyer-economist's.
Here are ideas about when to retire, how to refashion social security to help the elderly poor, how to learn from King Lear -- who did not retire successfully -- and whether to enjoy or criticize anti-aging cosmetic procedures. Some of the concerns are practical: philanthropic decisions, relations with one's children and grandchildren, the purchase of annuities, and how to provide for care in old age. Other topics are cultural, ranging from the treatment of aging women in a Strauss opera and various popular films, to a consideration of Donald Trump's (and other men's) marriages to much younger women.
These engaging, thoughtful, and often humorous exchanges show how stimulating discussions about our inevitable aging can be, and offer valuable insight into how we all might age more thoughtfully, and with zest and friendship.
Nussbaum and Levmore have written a sweet book on 'humanomics,' deploying economics, law, philosophy, and literature, to craft a multidisciplinary guide to aging. They show that the stories imagined for our lives and our societies give us purchase in a way that science or history cannot quite. Wise in age themselves, Nussbaum and Levmore know full well that tips handed over on a plate like canap
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1. Learning from King Lear: What can we learn about aging from Shakespeare's Lear?
Chapter 2. Must We Retire?: Is mandatory retirement a good idea?
Chapter 3. Aging with Friends: How are friendships different as we age?
Chapter 4. Aging Bodies: Are cosmetic surgeries good or bad?
Chapter 5. Looking Back: What is gained from regret, or from living in the moment?
Chapter 6. Romance and Sex beyond Middle-Age: Does age matter?
Chapter 7. Inequality and an Aging Population: To what are the elderly entitled?
Chapter 8. Giving it Away: How should we part with wealth and time?
