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Description of  Aspiring in Later Life: Movements across Time, Space, and Generations (Global Perspectives on Aging)

In our highly interconnected and globalized world, people often pursue their aspirations in multiple places. Yet in public and scholarly debates, aspirations are often seen as the realm of younger, mobile generations, since they are assumed to hold the greatest potential for shaping the future. This volume flips this perspective on its head by exploring how aspirations are constructed from the vantage point of later life, and shows how they are pursued across time, space, and generations. The aspirations of older people are diverse, and relate not only to aging itself but also to planning the next generations future, preparing an "ideal" retirement, searching for intimacy and self-realization, and confronting death and afterlives. Read more