Jung and aging

Hardback ix + 260 pp. including a bibliography, notes, and an index. Contents: Foreword / Aryeh Maidenbaum Introduction / Leslie Sawin Part I The second half of life: a time of growth and new meaning 1. The case for a Jungian view of aging / Leslie Sawin 2. Successful aging: Jungian contributions to development in later life / Lionel Corbett Part II Psychological perspectives on navigating the second half of life 3. Emergence and longevity: some psychological possibilities of later life / Joseph Cambray 4. Intimations in the night: the journey toward a new meaning in aging / Michael Conforti 5. An adaptive perspective on aging / Robert Langs Part III Gerontological perspectives on successful aging 6. Opportunities for ongoing Jungian-gerontological partnership / Michael E. Carbine 7. The whole-person services model and the second half of life / Kelley Macmillan 8. The central role of creativity in aging / Gay Powell Hanna 9. Some thoughts on aging well / Mary A. McDonald Part IV Finding meaning: spirituality in the second half of life 10. Conscious aging as a spiritual path / Melanie Starr Costello 11. Spirituality and relationship in later life / Jerry M. Ruhl and Roland Evans 12. For every tatter in our mortal dress: stayin' alive at the front of the mortal parade / James Hollis 13. A Jungian approach to spirituality in later life / Lionel Corbett Bibliography About the Contributors Index On March 28, 2012, the Jung Society of Washington [D.C.], the Library of Congress, and AARP held a symposium at the Library of Congress entitled "Jung and Aging: Bringing to Life the Possibilities and Potentials for Vital Aging." A webcast of the symposium can be found here (Part 1) and here (Part 2). This book includes the presentations, mostly amplified, of the symposium speakers plus additional chapters.