Challenges of the Third Age: Meaning and Purpose in Later Life

by Scott A. Bass

Book Overview

The newly retired are entering a time of life that is virtually uncharted, a time in which they are free from social expectations and, to a large extent, from obligations to others. Life's meanings are no longer provided by work and family. Instead, men and women have the freedom, and the need, to find new activities that they can imbue with meaning. The term, "Third Age" has been given to this time of life during which for most there is relatively...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195150252
• ISBN13: 9780195150254
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 7.9"