by Claude Olievenstein · JACOB · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782738106162
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«Naissance de la vieillesse» is Claude Olievenstein's essay on ageing, published by Odile Jacob in paperback (200 pages, in French).
Claude Olievenstein reflects on the meaning of growing old, moving away from demography and sociology and focusing on feelings, sensations and emotions. He argues that old age can be a conquest of freedom: abilities are lost, but others are gained, and the passage of time becomes a sensory experience and a metamorphosis.
Originally published in 1999. The author was chief physician at the Marmottan Medical Centre (Paris) and research director at the University of Lyon-II.
For those seeking a philosophical and psychological reflection on ageing and old age.
