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| Tracing the course of theoretical development in the sociology of aging | | Author(s) | Robert J Lynott, Patricia Passuth Lynott |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 36, no 6, December 1996 |
| Pages | pp 749-760 |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Sociology, Social Science ; Theory. |
| Annotation | The emergence of sociological theorising on ageing is described as a sequence of two transformations in gerontological thinking, each signalling a change in the conception and practice of gerontological inquiry. First, Cumming and Henry's book, 'Growing old: the process of disengagement' (1961) set out a formal theory of ageing for the first time by social scientists, and also set the stage for the development of a range of alternative theoretical challenges. The second transformation in the late 1970s and early 1980s involved not so much the recognition of theory as a reflection of the recognition itself, being metatheoretical. The issues raised represented a fundamental concern with 'facts' of ageing, and focused on the socially constructive and ideological features of age conceptualisations - social phenomenological and Marxist concerns. In recent years, social gerontologists have turned to critical theory and feminist perspectives to examine these issues. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970701008 A |
| Classmark | BG: F: S: 4D |
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