Adult Life: Aging, Responsibility, and the Pursuit of Happiness

John Russon

Published by SUNY Press 2020

Adult Life

Aging, Responsibility, and the Pursuit of Happiness

John Russon

In the series SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438479521

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About this book

Drawing from philosophy and psychology, offers a clear and compelling interpretation of what it means to be an adult.

Author / Editor information

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.

Reviews

"Russon's strength, in Adult Life, is his unwavering commitment to presenting the challenges of aging and the norms that must be respected if one is to age in a socially healthy manner. He accomplishes this with both conceptual and affective force." — Symposium

"John Russon is one of the best phenomenologists in contemporary philosophy. He uses the phenomenological method to cast light on some of the most important issues in our lives. In this book, Russon offers a sensitive description of what it is like to navigate the world as an adult, displaying the ways in which adulthood involves a development of our relations with the world, one another, and ourselves. In doing so, he allows us to see afresh the ways in which our lives unfold over time." — Todd May, author of Kenneth Lonergan: Filmmaker and Philosopher

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Human Experience and the Meaning of Adulthood
Perception and Its Norms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
The Form of Adult Life: Maturity and Aging
Character and Reality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Aging Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
The Content of Adult Life: Adult Occupations
Domains of Settlement and Engagement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Bearing Witness Honesty and Wisdom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Appendix Notes for Further Study Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215

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Language: English
Publisher: SUNY Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 237
Illustrations
- Other: Total Illustrations: 0
Keywords: Philosophy : Philosophy; Philosophy : Philosophy of Psychology; Philosophy : Social Philosophy; Philosophy : Continental Philosophy; Philosophy : Phenomenology

eBook

Published: August 1, 2020
ISBN: 9781438479521