The Resource Aging thoughtfully : conversations about retirement, romance, wrinkles, and regret, Martha C. Nussbaum ; Saul Levmore
Aging thoughtfully : conversations about retirement, romance, wrinkles, and regret, Martha C. Nussbaum ; Saul Levmore
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 251 pages
- Contents
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- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Learning from King Lear; Aging and Control in King Lear-and the Danger of Generalization; Distributing, Disinheriting, and Paying for Care since Lear; 2. Retirement Policy; Must We Retire?; No End in Sight; 3. Aging with Friends; On Aging, on Friendship: Arguing with Cicero; What Are Friends For?; 4. Aging Bodies; Can Wrinkles Be Glamorous?; Our Bodies, Ourselves: Aging, Stigma, and Disgust; 5. Looking Back; Living the Past Forward: The Present and Future Value of Backward-Looking Emotions; No Regrets, and a Cheer for Retirement Communities6. Romance and Sex beyond Middle Age; Lies of Richard Strauss, Truths of Shakespeare: Aging Women, Sex, and Love; The Adventures of Ben Franklin, Ivana Trump, and Rejected Lovers of All Ages; 7. Inequality and an Aging Population; Inequality and the Elderly Poor; Aging and Human Capabilities; 8. Giving It Away; Paradoxes of Giving (Solutions Included); Aging and Altruism; Index
- Isbn
- 9780190600235
- Label
- Aging thoughtfully : conversations about retirement, romance, wrinkles, and regret
- Title
- Aging thoughtfully
- Title remainder
- conversations about retirement, romance, wrinkles, and regret
- Statement of responsibility
- Martha C. Nussbaum ; Saul Levmore
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nussbaum, Martha C.
- Dewey number
- 613.2
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BF724.55.A35
- LC item number
- N87 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- WT 116
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Levmore, Saul
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Aging
- Longevity
- Health
- Aging
- Health
- Longevity
- Longevity
- Label
- Aging thoughtfully : conversations about retirement, romance, wrinkles, and regret, Martha C. Nussbaum ; Saul Levmore
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Learning from King Lear; Aging and Control in King Lear-and the Danger of Generalization; Distributing, Disinheriting, and Paying for Care since Lear; 2. Retirement Policy; Must We Retire?; No End in Sight; 3. Aging with Friends; On Aging, on Friendship: Arguing with Cicero; What Are Friends For?; 4. Aging Bodies; Can Wrinkles Be Glamorous?; Our Bodies, Ourselves: Aging, Stigma, and Disgust; 5. Looking Back; Living the Past Forward: The Present and Future Value of Backward-Looking Emotions; No Regrets, and a Cheer for Retirement Communities6. Romance and Sex beyond Middle Age; Lies of Richard Strauss, Truths of Shakespeare: Aging Women, Sex, and Love; The Adventures of Ben Franklin, Ivana Trump, and Rejected Lovers of All Ages; 7. Inequality and an Aging Population; Inequality and the Elderly Poor; Aging and Human Capabilities; 8. Giving It Away; Paradoxes of Giving (Solutions Included); Aging and Altruism; Index
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- viii, 251 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190600235
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)980431879
- (OCoLC)ocn980431879
- Label
- Aging thoughtfully : conversations about retirement, romance, wrinkles, and regret, Martha C. Nussbaum ; Saul Levmore
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Learning from King Lear; Aging and Control in King Lear-and the Danger of Generalization; Distributing, Disinheriting, and Paying for Care since Lear; 2. Retirement Policy; Must We Retire?; No End in Sight; 3. Aging with Friends; On Aging, on Friendship: Arguing with Cicero; What Are Friends For?; 4. Aging Bodies; Can Wrinkles Be Glamorous?; Our Bodies, Ourselves: Aging, Stigma, and Disgust; 5. Looking Back; Living the Past Forward: The Present and Future Value of Backward-Looking Emotions; No Regrets, and a Cheer for Retirement Communities6. Romance and Sex beyond Middle Age; Lies of Richard Strauss, Truths of Shakespeare: Aging Women, Sex, and Love; The Adventures of Ben Franklin, Ivana Trump, and Rejected Lovers of All Ages; 7. Inequality and an Aging Population; Inequality and the Elderly Poor; Aging and Human Capabilities; 8. Giving It Away; Paradoxes of Giving (Solutions Included); Aging and Altruism; Index
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- viii, 251 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190600235
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)980431879
- (OCoLC)ocn980431879
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