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Coming to terms with old age – and death

Christopher Cowley

pp. 187-206

This chapter advances the view that life can be understood as the implicit composition and recomposition of an autobiography, and that ageing can be seen as an ever-changing narrative perspective on the whole of life. Among the topics discussed are narrative in general, life story, autobiographical reflection and narrative identity.

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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-39356-2_12

Full citation:

Cowley, C. (2016)., Coming to terms with old age – and death, in G. Scarre (ed.), The Palgrave handbook of the philosophy of aging, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 187-206.

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