Arrested Adulthood : The Changing Nature of Maturity and Identity / James E. Cote.
2000
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Title
Arrested Adulthood : The Changing Nature of Maturity and Identity / James E. Cote.
Author
Cote, James E., author.
ISBN
9780814763995
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2000]
Copyright
©2000
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9780814763995.001.0001 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.24
Summary
Why are today's adults more like adolescents, in their dress and personal tastes, than ever before? Why do so many adults seem to drift and avoid responsibilities such as work and family? As the traditional family breaks down and marriage and child rearing are delayed, what makes a person an adult?Many people in the industrial West are simply not "growing up" in the traditional sense. Instead, they pursue personal, individual fulfillment and emerge from a vague and prolonged youth into a vague and insecure adulthood. The transition to adulthood is becoming more hazardous, and the destination is becoming more difficult to reach, if it is reached at all.Arrested Adulthood examines the variety of young people's responses to this new situation. James E. Côté shows us adults who allow the profit-driven industries of mass culture to provide the structure that is missing, as their lives become more individualistic and atomized. He also shows adults who resist anomie and build their world around their sense of personal connectedness to others. Finally, Côté provides a vision of a truly progressive society in which all members can develop their potentials apart from the influence of the market. In so doing, he gives us a clearer vision of what it means to be an adult and makes sense of the longest, but least understood period of the life course.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
I The Changing Nature of Maturity
1 Maturity Transformed
2 The Science of Adulthood
3 The Brave New Adult
II The Changing Nature of Identity
4 Identity Transformed
5 The Brave New Society
III Coming to Grips with Late Modernity
6 Learning to Love an Indefinite Future?
Notes
References
Index
About the Author
Contents
Introduction
I The Changing Nature of Maturity
1 Maturity Transformed
2 The Science of Adulthood
3 The Brave New Adult
II The Changing Nature of Identity
4 Identity Transformed
5 The Brave New Society
III Coming to Grips with Late Modernity
6 Learning to Love an Indefinite Future?
Notes
References
Index
About the Author