History of Old Age is the first major study of the ways in which old age has been perceived in western culture throughout history. Georges Minois paints a vast fresco, starting with the first old man to relate his own story--an Egyptian scribe some 4500 years ago--and ending with the deaths of Elizabeth I and Henry IV in the sixteenth century. Tracing the changing conceptions of the nature, value, and burden of the old, Minois argues that western history during this period is marked by great fluctuation in the social and ...
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History of Old Age is the first major study of the ways in which old age has been perceived in western culture throughout history. Georges Minois paints a vast fresco, starting with the first old man to relate his own story--an Egyptian scribe some 4500 years ago--and ending with the deaths of Elizabeth I and Henry IV in the sixteenth century. Tracing the changing conceptions of the nature, value, and burden of the old, Minois argues that western history during this period is marked by great fluctuation in the social and political role of the aged. Minois shows how, in ancient Greece, the cult of youth and beauty on the one hand, and the reverence for the figure of the Homeric sage, on the other, created an ambivalent attitude toward the aged. This ambiguity appears again in the contrast between the active role that older citizens played in Roman politics and their depiction in satirical literature of the period. Christian literature in the Middle Ages also played a large part in defining society's perception of the old, both in the image of the revered holy sage and in the total condemnation of the aged sinner. Drawing on literary texts throughout, Minois considers the interrelation of literary, religious, medical, and political factors in determining the social fate of the elderly and their relationship to society. This book will be of great interest to social and cultural historians, as well as to general readers interested in the subject of the aged in society today.
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Near fine in very good(+) jacket. viii + 343 pages. 8vo with black cloth, dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition but has an errant pen marking on the front cover. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1989). A near-fine copy.
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. Size: 6x1x9; 1st printing, with complete number line. Very good hardcover with DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Remainder mark on bottom edge, age-toning to pages. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good+. Unclipped dust jacket looks very nice. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Dust Jacket Included. Hb. VG/VG. 1st Am. 343pp. Extremities book & Dj lightly rubbed; small chip top edge. Notes; biblio.; index. Trans. by Sarah Hanbury Tenison.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0226530310. Clean and pristine. The book was printed on unbleached paper, which has toned to a pleasing creamy beige. The jacket has just a whisper of shelfwear. Fast shipping, with tracking number provided.; 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 354 pages.
