The Symbolism of Globalization, Development, and Aging

✍ Scribed by Steven L. Arxer, John W. Murphy (auth.), Steven L. Arxer, John W. Murphy (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 173
Series: International Perspectives on Aging 7
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-12
The ‘Total Market,’ Globalization, and Discourses of Aging....Pages 13-27
Globalization, Neoliberal Development, and Ontological Tyranny....Pages 29-45
Globalization, the Labor Market, and Retirement....Pages 47-57
Globalization, Aging, and the Power of the Image....Pages 59-66
Globalization, Time, and Aging....Pages 67-80
Cultural or Latent Background of Aging....Pages 81-90
Successful/Productive Aging, Responsibility, and Reflection....Pages 91-107
Globalization, the Body, and the Corporate Model....Pages 109-117
Globalization, Technology, and Human Development....Pages 119-133
Anticulture and Aging....Pages 135-156
Conclusion....Pages 157-162
Back Matter....Pages 163-169

✦ Subjects

Aging; Social Policy; Public Health; Sociology, general

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