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9781591470342

The Generative Society: Caring for Future Generations

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  • ISBN13:

    9781591470342

  • ISBN10:

    159147034X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-09-01
  • Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

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Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI. Examines the critical stage of generativity occurring during the middle of adulthood, as it exists on societal and cultural levels. Explores the need for generativity, which is described as concern and commitment for the next generation. Also discusses generativity and its relationship with political, social, religious, and cultural arenas.

Table of Contents

Contributors xi
Acknowledgments xiii
I. Introduction 1(32)
Chapter 1. The Generative Society: An Introduction
3(12)
Ed de St. Aubin, Dan P. McAdams, and Tae-Chang Kim
Chapter 2. What Is Generativity?
15(18)
Dan P. McAdams and Regina L. Logan
II. Generativity in Society and Culture 33(80)
Chapter 3. Generativity and Culture: What Meaning Can Do
35(16)
John Kotre
Chapter 4. Reflections on Generativity and Society: A Sociologist's Perspective
51(12)
Kai Erikson
Chapter 5. The Propagation of Genes and Memes: Generativity Through Culture in Japan and the United States
63(20)
Ed de St. Aubin
Chapter 6. Generativity as Social Responsibility: The Role of Generations in Societal Continuity and Change
83(14)
Takatoshi Imada
Chapter 7. The Generative Life Cycle Model: Integration of Japanese Folk Images and Generativity
97(16)
Yoko Yamada
III. Generativity and Social Institutions 113(126)
Chapter 8. Rope of Ashes: Global Aging, Generativity, and Education
115(16)
Ronald J. Manheimer
Chapter 9. Generativity Behind Bars: Some "Redemptive Truth" About Prison Society
131(22)
Shadd Maruna, Thomas P. LeBel, and Charles S. Lanier
Chapter 10. American Religion, Generativity, and the Therapeutic Culture
153(22)
Michele Dillon and Paul Wink
Chapter 11. Generativity and Gender: The Politics of Care
175(20)
Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
Chapter 12. Guarding the Next Generation: The Politics of Generativity
195(16)
Bill E. Peterson
Chapter 13. Generativity and the Politics of Intergenerational Fairness
211(10)
Takeshi Sasaki
Chapter 14. Volunteerism and the Generative Society
221(18)
Mark Snyder and E. Gil Clary
IV. Looking Forward, Looking Backward 239(34)
Chapter 15. An Ethical Analysis of Erikson's Concept of Generativity
241(16)
Don Browning
Chapter 16. Erik Erikson on Generativity: A Biographer's Perspective
257(8)
Lawrence J. Friedman
Chapter 17. The Generative Society: An Epilogue
265(8)
Ed de St. Aubin, Dan P. McAdams, and Tae-Chang Kim
Author Index 273(6)
Subject Index 279(12)
About the Editors 291

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