Retirement and Its Discontents: Why We Won't Stop Working, Even If We Can by Silver, Michelle Pannor
Retirement and Its Discontents: Why We Won't Stop Working, Even If We Can by Silver, Michelle Pannor

Retirement and Its Discontents: Why We Won't Stop Working, Even If We Can

In the popular imagination, retirement promises a well-deserved rest--idle days spent traveling, volunteering, pursuing hobbies, or just...
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Author: Michelle Pannor Silver
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Retirement and Its Discontents: Why We Won't Stop Working, Even If We Can by Silver, Michelle Pannor

Retirement and Its Discontents: Why We Won't Stop Working, Even If We Can

$60.00
Retirement and Its Discontents: Why We Won't Stop Working, Even If We Can by Silver, Michelle Pannor

Retirement and Its Discontents: Why We Won't Stop Working, Even If We Can

$60.00
Author: Michelle Pannor Silver
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

In the popular imagination, retirement promises a well-deserved rest--idle days spent traveling, volunteering, pursuing hobbies, or just puttering around the house. But as the nature of work has changed, becoming not just a means of income but a major source of personal identity, many accomplished professionals struggle with discontentment in their retirement. What are we to do--individually and as a culture--when work and life experience make conventional retirement a burden rather than a reprieve?

In Retirement and Its Discontents, Michelle Pannor Silver considers how we confront the mismatch between idealized and actual retirement. She follows doctors, CEOs, elite athletes, professors, and homemakers during their transition to retirement as they struggle to recalibrate their sense of purpose and self-worth. The work ethic and passion that helped these retirees succeed can make giving in to retirement more difficult, as they confront newfound leisure time with uncertainty and guilt. Drawing on in-depth interviews that capture a range of perceptions and common concerns about what it means to be retired, Silver emphasizes the significance of creating new retirement strategies that support social connectedness and personal fulfillment while countering ageist stereotypes about productivity and employment. A richly detailed and deeply personal exploration of the challenges faced by accomplished retirees, Retirement and Its Discontents demonstrates the importance of personal identity in forging sustainable social norms around retirement and helps us to rethink some of the new challenges for aging societies.

Author: Michelle Pannor Silver
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 01/12/2021
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780231188579

About the Author
Michelle Pannor Silver is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and Society at the University of Toronto.
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