Ageing as Future : A Study by the Volkswagen Foundation

Zusammenfassung: Contemporary societies are aging – but what does that mean? Is this something bad? And can societies age as a whole? By bringing together psychological, gerontological, and sociological findings, this open access book opens up a hitherto unique, multifaceted, and realistic view of the phenomenon of old age and the process of aging. The volume is based on the results of the project “Ageing as Future”, a long-term project network (2007-2021) involving a total of more than 30 scientists worldwide. The focus of the project was threefold: A first issue was concerned with how views on aging influence development in old age; secondly, the project analyzed determinants and consequences of provision for old age; and thirdly, it investigated the different ways in which aging is shaped by managing time in old age. For more than a decade, the authors conducted quantitative and qualitative studies, involving large samples from three different continents. The results show that one-sided views of old age – whether negative stereotypes or positive exaggerations – do not do justice to the complexity of the experience of aging. Based on these results, the authors plead for individual and societal acceptance of the social fact of aging – and for the right to live an autonomous and dignified life in old age just as in other phases of life. Ageing as Future: A study by the Volkswagen Foundation presents findings from a unique large international study that are of interest to aging researchers around the world: academically, socio-politically, practically, and personally. Whether old or young, the book encourages one to question one's own views of aging. When reading this book, it becomes obvious that old age is a highly diverse experience, depending on a host of societal and individual factors.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9783031575075
• Extent: Online-Ressource, XV, 157 p. 28 illus., 25 illus. in color.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2024
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: online resource.

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Cham
• (who): Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Springer
• (when): 2024
• Creator: Lang, Frieder R. ; Lessenich, Stephan ; Rothermund, Klaus
• Contributor: SpringerLink (Online service)

Further information

• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-57507-5
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2406110411584.800861604865
• Table of contents: Chapter 1: No future? Age and ageing in the "ageing society" -- Chapter 2: Procedure and Data Basis -- Chapter 3: Views on Ageing -- Chapter 4: Future action and ageing preparation -- Chapter 5: Time structures of aging: Acting old age between everyday abundance of time and biographical time poverty -- Chapter 6: Age(ing) as Future - Future of Age(ing)
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:48 PM CET