A comprehensive examination of the biological, ehtnological and historical aspects of old age and society's role in determining the unhappy fate of human beings
Translation of: La vieillesse
Includes bibliographical references
Old age seen from without : Old age and biology ; The ethnological data ; Old age in historical societies ; Old age in present-day society -- The being-in-the-world : The discovery and assumption of old age: the body's experience ; Time, activity, history ; Old age and everyday life ; Some examples of old age ; Conclusion -- Appendices : The hundred-year-olds ; Who cares for the aged? ; The condition of aged workers in the socialist countries ;Some statistical data upon sexuality of old people
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