Synopsis
Society has a deep fear of ageing. Old age is increasingly viewed as a biomedical problem, something to be avoided at all costs and then vanished away by medicine. Anne Karpf urges us to change our narrative. Exploring how our outlook on ageing is historically determined and culturally defined, she draws upon case studies, old and new, to suggest how...
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02 January 2014160 pages
9781447258858Imprint: Bluebird
Reviews
This new series of The School of Life's self-help books build on the strengths of the first, tackling some of the hardest issues of our lives in a way that is genuinely informative, helpful and consoling. Here are books that prove that the term "self-help" doesn't have to be either shallow or naiveAlain de Botton, Founder of The School of Life
The School of Life offers radical ways to help us raid the treasure trove of human knowledgeIndependent on Sunday
