TY - JOUR
T1 - "Course" versus"cycle"
T2 - On the understanding of understanding aging
AU - Hazan, Haim
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - The gerontological usages of concepts of "course" and "cycle" to describe the process of age are employed to suggest the inadequacy of sociological analysis to understand the experience of growing old. Three ethnographic case studies are discussed to demonstrate transformations in social space, temporal perspectives and conceptual paradigms in later life. It is argued that compatibility between modes of analysis and the nature of empirical data must be established if an acceptable understanding of the ageing phenomenon is to be sought.
AB - The gerontological usages of concepts of "course" and "cycle" to describe the process of age are employed to suggest the inadequacy of sociological analysis to understand the experience of growing old. Three ethnographic case studies are discussed to demonstrate transformations in social space, temporal perspectives and conceptual paradigms in later life. It is argued that compatibility between modes of analysis and the nature of empirical data must be established if an acceptable understanding of the ageing phenomenon is to be sought.
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U2 - 10.1016/0890-4065(88)90010-2
DO - 10.1016/0890-4065(88)90010-2
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AN - SCOPUS:34247763039
SN - 0890-4065
VL - 2
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Journal of Aging Studies
JF - Journal of Aging Studies
IS - 1
ER -
