The Generative Society: Caring for Future Generations

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ISBN: 9781591470342 | 159147034X
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 9/1/2003

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Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI. Examines the critical stage of generativity occurring during the middle of adulthood, as it exists on societal and cultural levels. Explores the need for generativity, which is described as concern and commitment for the next generation. Also discusses generativity and its relationship with political, social, religious, and cultural arenas.

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Acknowledgments

xiii

I. Introduction

(32)

Chapter 1. The Generative Society: An Introduction

(12)

Ed de St. Aubin, Dan P. McAdams, and Tae-Chang Kim

Chapter 2. What Is Generativity?

(18)

Dan P. McAdams and Regina L. Logan

II. Generativity in Society and Culture

(80)

Chapter 3. Generativity and Culture: What Meaning Can Do

(16)

John Kotre

Chapter 4. Reflections on Generativity and Society: A Sociologist's Perspective

(12)

Kai Erikson

Chapter 5. The Propagation of Genes and Memes: Generativity Through Culture in Japan and the United States

(20)

Ed de St. Aubin

Chapter 6. Generativity as Social Responsibility: The Role of Generations in Societal Continuity and Change

(14)

Takatoshi Imada

Chapter 7. The Generative Life Cycle Model: Integration of Japanese Folk Images and Generativity

(16)

Yoko Yamada

III. Generativity and Social Institutions

113

(126)

Chapter 8. Rope of Ashes: Global Aging, Generativity, and Education

115

(16)

Ronald J. Manheimer

Chapter 9. Generativity Behind Bars: Some "Redemptive Truth" About Prison Society

131

(22)

Shadd Maruna, Thomas P. LeBel, and Charles S. Lanier

Chapter 10. American Religion, Generativity, and the Therapeutic Culture

153

(22)

Michele Dillon and Paul Wink

Chapter 11. Generativity and Gender: The Politics of Care

175

(20)

Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore

Chapter 12. Guarding the Next Generation: The Politics of Generativity

195

(16)

Bill E. Peterson

Chapter 13. Generativity and the Politics of Intergenerational Fairness

211

(10)

Takeshi Sasaki

Chapter 14. Volunteerism and the Generative Society

221

(18)

Mark Snyder and E. Gil Clary

IV. Looking Forward, Looking Backward

239

(34)

Chapter 15. An Ethical Analysis of Erikson's Concept of Generativity

241

(16)

Don Browning

Chapter 16. Erik Erikson on Generativity: A Biographer's Perspective

257

(8)

Lawrence J. Friedman

Chapter 17. The Generative Society: An Epilogue

265

(8)

Ed de St. Aubin, Dan P. McAdams, and Tae-Chang Kim

Author Index

273

(6)

Subject Index

279

(12)

About the Editors

291

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