Toward Post Ageing Technology in an Ageing Society

This book examines the emergent and expanding role of technologies that hold both promise and possible peril for transforming the ageing process in this century. It discusses the points and counterpoints of technological advances that would influence a reconstruction of what it means to age when emb...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Felsted, Katarina Friberg, Wright, Scott D. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:Healthy Ageing and Longevity
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part I Transcending Disciplinary and Paradigmatic Tensions in Gerontology
  • The Use of Inflection Points
  • The Definition and Delineation of Each Inflection Point
  • Part II Toward Post Ageing: Critical Examination and Provisional Typology for Understanding the Varied Roles of Technology in an Ageing Society
  • Post Ageing
  • Moderate Versions of the Inflection Point and Positive Derivative
  • Transition Publications from the Moderate Version of the Inflection Point (and positive derivative) to the Radical Version
  • Radical Versions of the Inflection Point
  • Viable Criticisms for the Radical Version of Post Ageing
  • Part III The Next Inflection Point
  • The Promise and Challenges of Post Ageing
  • Longevity
  • Technology
  • Philosophical Antecedents for Post Ageing