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Vital Involvement in Old Age: The Experience of Old Age in Our Time

by Erik H Erikson

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The last stage, old age, challenges the individual to rework the past while remaining involved in the present. The authors begin this work with their theory of life's stages through old age. In Part two, they discuss their interviews with twenty-nine octogenarians, on whom life history data has been collected for over fifty years. Part three is a discussion of the life history of the protagonist in Ingmar Bergman's film Wild Strawberries. In Part four, "Old age in our society", the authors offer suggestions for "vital involvement." Erik H. Erikson is winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

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"Wonderfully written...as in the slave narratives that inspired it, language is power."'"Nancy Kline, New York Times Book Reviewn

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Erikson's now-famous concept of the life cycle delineates eight stages of psychological development through which each of us progresses.

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Kidnapped as a child from Africa, Aminata Diallo is enslaved in South Carolina but escapes during the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattan she becomes a scribe for the British, recording the names of blacks who have served the King and earned freedom in Nova Scotia. But the hardship and prejudice there prompt her to follow her heart back to Africa, then on to London, where she bears witness to the injustices of slavery and its toll on her life and a whole people. It is a story that no listener, and no reader, will ever forget. Reading group guide included.
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About the Author

Lawrence Hillis the author of the novels Any Known Bloodand Some Great Thingand of the nonfiction work The Deserter's Tale(with Joshua Key). He lives in Ontario, Canada.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393312164
With:
Kivnick, Helen Q.
With:
Erikson, Joan Mowat
With:
Kivnick, Helen Q.
Author:
Hill, Lawrence
Author:
Kivnick, Helen Q.
Author:
Erikson, Erik H.
Author:
Erikson, Erik Homburger
Author:
Erikson, Joan M.
Author:
Erikson, Joan Mowat
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Subject:
General
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
Sociology
Subject:
Aging
Subject:
Aging - General
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Sociology-Aging
Copyright:
1994
Publication Date:
19941231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
8.16x5.76x.89 in. .70 lbs.
Age Level:
The Exoerience of Old Age in Our Time
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Product details 352 pages W. W. Norton & Company - English 9780393312164 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , "Wonderfully written...as in the slave narratives that inspired it, language is power."'"Nancy Kline, New York Times Book Reviewn
"Synopsis" by , Erikson's now-famous concept of the life cycle delineates eight stages of psychological development through which each of us progresses.
"Synopsis" by , Kidnapped as a child from Africa, Aminata Diallo is enslaved in South Carolina but escapes during the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattan she becomes a scribe for the British, recording the names of blacks who have served the King and earned freedom in Nova Scotia. But the hardship and prejudice there prompt her to follow her heart back to Africa, then on to London, where she bears witness to the injustices of slavery and its toll on her life and a whole people. It is a story that no listener, and no reader, will ever forget. Reading group guide included.
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