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The aging body as lived history
a phenomenological perspective
pp. 61-74
Abstract
This chapter focuses on aging and the body. After a short introduction to the question of how we know that we are aging, it concentrates on a phenomenology of the aging body. I will discuss first-person experiences of the aging body, the relationship between the experience of pain, disability, and old age, and third-person experiences of the aging body, especially as it appears to others as "lived history."
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Schweda Mark, Coors Michael, Bozzaro Claudia (2020) Aging and human nature: perspectives from philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 61-74
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25097-3_5
Full citation:
Dekkers Wim (2020) „The aging body as lived history: a phenomenological perspective“, In: M. Schweda, M. Coors & C. Bozzaro (eds.), Aging and human nature, Dordrecht, Springer, 61–74.