First published 2013
David I. Kertzer brings together researchers from multiple social science fields to examine how societies organize themselves around age. The book connects large-scale social changes with personal experiences of growing older. Contributors analyze retirement systems across different cultures and time periods. They investigate how age relates to power structures within societies. The work explores how different cultures understand and define age itself. Kertzer's interdisciplinary approach combines historical analysis with cross-cultural comparison. The book offers readers new ways to understand how age functions as a organizing principle in human societies, linking individual life experiences to broader social patterns.
Genres: sociology, anthropology, academic
Vibes: academic, interdisciplinary, thought-provoking
Tropes: academic-focus, comparative-analysis
294 pages · Kindle Edition · Psychology Press