Aging Angry

Making Peace with Rage

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

AvAmanda Smith Barusch,and University of Utah) Barusch, Amanda Smith (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, University of Otago, New Zealand

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Fear of anger can ultimately be as destructive as expressed rage, fomenting social isolation, injustice, and misunderstanding. In Aging Angry: Making Peace with Rage, Amanda Smith Barusch argues that now, more than ever, it is time for older adults to turn toward anger rather than denying or avoiding it. By taking anger seriously, we can neutralize its destructive potential and harness its energy and wisdom for personal and social change.Barusch draws upon the experiences of hundreds of older adults and a wealth of literary and academic sources to empower readers with new understanding of anger's sources, dynamics, and possibilities. Topics range from anger and race in the United States to mass violence committed by older adults to aged activists who have changed our world.In rich and insightful prose, accompanied throughout by powerful case studies, Aging Angry forcefully demonstrates that anger--and even rage--can be transformative.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-02-02
Mått152 x 226 x 22 mm
Vikt476 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780197584644

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Amanda Smith Barusch, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and the University of Utah. She is known for her insightful narrative inquiries into the lives of older adults. Barusch served as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Gerontological Social Work (2009-2014) and is Deputy Editor-in-Chief for the Australasian Journal on Ageing. She serves on the Advisory Board of Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work Journal and is a fellow in the Gerontological Society of America.

Preface: Who's Angry Now?Chapter 1: Aging While AngryChapter 2: Speaking of AngerChapter 3: Anger through the AgesChapter 4: Angry BodiesChapter 5: Women Cry / Men RageChapter 6: Race & Anger in Later LifeChapter 7: Elders on Social MediaChapter 8: Lessons on Anger & LoveChapter 9: Aging, Angry, and Armed to the TeethChapter 10: Taming the RageChapter 11: Embracing the AngerChapter 12: Changing the WorldConclusion: The Eye of the HeartAppendicesNotes

Drawing upon the great philosophers, religion, psychology, and her interviews with older adults and experts, Barusch comprehensively analyzes anger-an emotion often stigmatized, especially among older women, and relatively invisible in the field of gerontology. Her own personal experience with anger upon her retirement fueled her interest in the paradox faced by older adults of living forward while looking backward, which often underlies their anger. When older adults realize that love and anger can coexist and turn their anger into activism, they experience personal growth and oftentimes become activists for social change.

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