The Symbolism of Globalization, Development, and Aging

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Steven L. Arxer, John W. Murphy

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3. The ‘Total Market,’ Globalization, and Discourses of Aging

   • Vicente Berdayes

   Pages 13-27

4. Globalization, Neoliberal Development, and Ontological Tyranny

   • Luigi Esposito

   Pages 29-45

5. Globalization, the Labor Market, and Retirement

   • William Van Lear

   Pages 47-57

6. Globalization, Aging, and the Power of the Image

   • Tom Semm, Kyra Greene

   Pages 59-66

7. Globalization, Time, and Aging

   • Steven L. Arxer

   Pages 67-80

8. Cultural or Latent Background of Aging

   • John W. Murphy

   Pages 81-90

9. Successful/Productive Aging, Responsibility, and Reflection

   • Linda Liska Belgrave, Bisma Ali Sayed

   Pages 91-107

10. Globalization, the Body, and the Corporate Model

    • Jung Min Choi, Venoosheh Khaksar

    Pages 109-117

11. Globalization, Technology, and Human Development

    • David L. Reznik

    Pages 119-133

12. Anticulture and Aging

    • Eric Mark Kramer, Elaine Hsieh

    Pages 135-156

13. Conclusion

    • Steven L. Arxer, John W. Murphy

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14. Back Matter

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This book looks at the symbolic side of globalization, development, and aging. Many of the dimensions that are discussed represent updates of past debates but some are entirely new. In particular, globalization is accompanied by subtle social imagery that profoundly shapes the way institutions and identities are imagined. The process of aging and persons sense of identity is no exception. The underlying assumptions that pervade globalization inform how critical dimensions of aging are discussed and institutionalized. The application of marketplace imagery, for example, may impact attempts for holism in how aging is studied and the prospects for human agency during the aging process. This book offers a special look into how temporality, technology, normativity, and empiricism structure the symbolic side of globalization and influence dominant images of the aging process. Current debates about globalization and aging are expanded by helping readers see the social imagery that is both subtly behind globalization and at the forefront of shaping the aging experience.

• Aging and health
• Aging populations
• Dimensions of aging
• Globalization and aging
• Globalization and development
• Images of aging
• Ontology of globalization
• Social development
• Social imagery
• Symbolism of aging
• Symbolism of globalization
• Technology and aging
• Technology of health

• , Department of Sociology, University of North Texas, Dallas, USA

  Steven L. Arxer

• , Department of Sociology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA

  John W. Murphy

John W. Murphy is professor of sociology at the University of Miami. He received his doctoral degree in 1981 from Ohio State University. His research interests are sociological theory, social philosophy, and globalization. He has published books related to the community mental health movement, the computerization of social service agencies, and contemporary social theory.

Steven L. Arxer is assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Texas at Dallas. He earned his doctoral degree from the University of Florida. He has published papers in the journals of Humanity & Society and Qualitative Sociology Review and has contributed to several edited volumes. His research interests are globalization, NGOs, and gender mainstreaming.

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