Old Age from the Viewpoint of Seniors as an Important Comment in Modern Geragogic Reflection:

Review of the Monograph by Artur Fabiś Entitled “Troski egzystencjalne w starości. Ujęcie geragogiczne” Kraków 2018, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/2450-4491.10.17

Keywords:

old age, ageing, existential concerns, value of life, inevitability of death, coping with existential problems

Abstract

The paper is a review of the habilitation monograph by Artur Fabiś published in 2018 by Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego in Krakow. In a concise, synthetic form, a discussion is undertaken around the main conceptual, theoretical and methodological premises of the research concept adopted in the paper as well as the cognitive value of analyses and interpretations derived from the collected research material. The paper also draws the attention of the readers to the original character and advantages of that publication.

Author Biography

Arkadiusz Wąsiński, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Nauk o Wychowaniu, Katedra Andragogiki i Gerontologii Społecznej

Wąsiński, Arkadiusz – doctor habilitatus of social sciences in the field of pedagogy, Department of Andragogy and Social Gerontology at the University of Lodz. He specializes in andragogy, family pedagogy, and geragogy. Areas of study: self-creation of an adult as an existentially significant biographic experience and, in that context, self-creation of childless couples for multidimensional adoptive parenthood, existential issues of ageing and old age. In 2019, he was awarded the “Prize for an Excellent Monograph” by the Board of the Academic Andragogic Society in Poland.

Published

2020-06-01

How to Cite

Wąsiński, A. (2020). Old Age from the Viewpoint of Seniors as an Important Comment in Modern Geragogic Reflection:: Review of the Monograph by Artur Fabiś Entitled “Troski egzystencjalne w starości. Ujęcie geragogiczne” Kraków 2018, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego. Nauki O Wychowaniu. Studia Interdyscyplinarne, 10(1), 250–253. https://doi.org/10.18778/2450-4491.10.17