Beyond dynamics identity imagination in mature midlife

Description:Includes bibliographical references p. Contents Maturity and its discontents-- from ego psychology to the active imagination-- postmodern ageing-- masque and ageing-- midlifestyle-- meaning and forgetting-- social spaces and mature identity-- policy spaces in health and welfare-- conclusions and implications. Nielsen Book Data Publisher's Summary This text critically assesses notions of adult ageing as they affect people's lifestyles and their sense of personal and social identity. Simon Briggs examines the interpretation of these changes within social theory and their implications for practice in therapy and in health and welfare settings. His argument develops a number of key concepts, and begins by assessing notions of change arising from psychodynamic and postmodern perspectives on ageing. Whilst these ideas shape our understanding, the study of ageing itself challenges easy theoretical assumptions about adult identity.

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