65+. The Best Years of Your Life (eBook)

With lessons for people of every age

Peter Bowden (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
285 Seiten
Vernon Art and Science Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-62273-632-4 (ISBN)

Infos

What is the key to happiness in later life? Since the time of the ancient philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, the human race has questioned and written about what makes us happy. But with the rise of life expectancy and rapidly ageing populations, happiness in later life has become a major topic of debate. Drawing on three sources, the lessons of history, a survey of 150 people aged over 65 and the findings of the present-day positive psychologists, this book analyses and considers what it means to be in happy in later life and how it can be achieved. Bowden reflects on our many and differing views of life after retirement and finds lessons that can also contribute to our happiness in earlier years. Importantly, this book also asks, and answers, what role governments and our social institutions play in bringing about happiness. This valuable and well-informed insight into happiness in later life leaves the reader with little doubt that the post-65 years can indeed be your best.

Inhalt

LIST OF FIGURES 
INTRODUCTION 
FOREWORD 
Chapter 1 UNHAPPINESS IN OLDER PEOPLE 
Chapter 2 THE EARLY PHILOSOPHERS 
Chapter 3 MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO 
Chapter 4 THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY 
Chapter 5 MILL, RUSSELL AND DARWIN 
Chapter 6 THE MODERN RESEARCHERS 
Chapter 7 THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY 
Chapter 8 RELIGION, A HEALTHY LIFE, AND DEATH 
Chapter 9 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT 
Chapter 10 BRINGING IT TOGETHER 
AFTERWORD 
REFERENCES 
INDEX

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
• Schlagworte: Ageing Studies • Aristotle • Buddhism • Curiosity • Depression • Eudaimonia • exercise • Flourishing • Government • Happiness • Health • Hinduism • Melancholy • optimism. • Philosophy • Plato • positive psychology • Psychology • relationships • Religion • self-esteem • virtue • well-being
• ISBN-10: 1-62273-632-X / 162273632X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62273-632-4 / 9781622736324