The Coming of Age

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Contents ......Page 7 Introduction ......Page 9 Preface ......Page 17 PART ONE OLD AGE SEEN FROM WITHOUT ......Page 23 1 Old age and biology ......Page 25 2 The ethnological data ......Page 46 3 Old age in historical societies ......Page 96 4 Old age in present-day society ......Page 224 PART TWO THE BEING-IN-THE-WORLD ......Page 289 5 The discovery and assumption of old age: the body’s experience ......Page 291 6 Time, activity, history ......Page 369 7 Old age and everyday life ......Page 456 8 Some examples of old age ......Page 513 Conclusion ......Page 547 i The hundred-year-olds ......Page 552 ii Who cares for the aged? ......Page 554 iii The condition of aged workers in the socialist countries ......Page 563 iv Some statistical data upon sexuality of old people ......Page 579 Index ......Page 581