Adult Life
Aging, Responsibility, and the Pursuit of Happiness
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2020
237 pages
978-1-4384-7952-1 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing from philosophy and psychology, offers a clear and compelling interpretation of what it means to be an adult.
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English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
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Reflowable
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978-1-4384-7952-1 (9781438479521)
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John Russon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph and the Director of the Toronto Summer Seminar in Philosophy. He is the author of Bearing Witness to Epiphany: Persons, Things, and the Nature of Erotic Life and Human Experience: Philosophy, Neurosis, and the Elements of Everyday Life, both also published by SUNY Press.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Vignette #1: The Generation Gap
Vignette #2: Worldly Engagement
Vignette #3: Mortality and Character
The Plan of the Book
Part I: Human Experience and the Meaning of Adulthood
1. Perception and Its Norms
Perception and Possibility
Reality and Maturity
Character and Aging
Part II: The Form of Adult Life: Maturity and Aging
2. Character and Reality
Exposure: Outer and Inner
Healthy Developments of Character
Responsibility and Happiness
3. Aging
Time: Indifferent and Personal
On Aging
The Spatiality of Adulthood
Part III: The Content of Adult Life: Adult Occupations
4. Domains of Settlement and Engagement
Intimacy: The Family
Economics: The Market
Politics: The State
5. Bearing Witness: Honesty and Wisdom
Art
Religion
Philosophy: Wonder, Science, and Wisdom
Appendix: Notes for Further Study
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Vignette #1: The Generation Gap
Vignette #2: Worldly Engagement
Vignette #3: Mortality and Character
The Plan of the Book
Part I: Human Experience and the Meaning of Adulthood
1. Perception and Its Norms
Perception and Possibility
Reality and Maturity
Character and Aging
Part II: The Form of Adult Life: Maturity and Aging
2. Character and Reality
Exposure: Outer and Inner
Healthy Developments of Character
Responsibility and Happiness
3. Aging
Time: Indifferent and Personal
On Aging
The Spatiality of Adulthood
Part III: The Content of Adult Life: Adult Occupations
4. Domains of Settlement and Engagement
Intimacy: The Family
Economics: The Market
Politics: The State
5. Bearing Witness: Honesty and Wisdom
Art
Religion
Philosophy: Wonder, Science, and Wisdom
Appendix: Notes for Further Study
Bibliography
Index
