Mark Schweda

Aus Joachim Ritters 'Collegium Philosophicum' sind bedeutende Vertreter der deutschen Gegenwartsphilosophie hervorgegangen, darunter Hermann Lübbe, Odo Marquard und Robert Spaemann. Einige von ihnen wirkten als Publizisten und Sachverständige, in politischen Ämtern und Gremien, in Rechtswesen oder Kirche weit über die akademische Sphäre hinaus. Diese 'Ritter-Schule' hat den wissenschaftlichen Diskurs und das geistige Leben der Bundesrepublik geprägt, etwa in den Auseinandersetzungen um die Grundlagen der freiheitlich-demokratischen Ordnung, die Erneuerung der praktischen Philosophie oder die Aufgabe der Geisteswissenschaften. Heute tritt die Bedeutung des Kreises zunehmend hervor und wird im Horizont aktueller Debatten um Zivilgesellschaft, Geschichtskultur und die Rückkehr der Religion erörtert.

Joachim Ritter und die Ritter-Schule

Aagje Swinnen

How are individual and social ideas of late-onset dementia shaped and negotiated in film, literature, the arts, and the media? And how can the symbolic forms provided by popular culture be adopted and transformed by those affected in order to express their own perspectives? This international and interdisciplinary volume summarizes central current research trends and opens new theoretical and empirical perspectives on dementia in popular culture. It includes contributions by internationally renowned scholars from the humanities, social and cultural gerontology, age(ing) studies, cultural studies, philosophy, and bioethics. Contributions by Lucy Burke, Marlene Goldman, Annette Leibing and others.

Public Expressions and Representations of Forgetfulness

Popularizing Dementia

Frank Adloff

Silke Schicktanz

Kai Brauer

Larissa Pfaller

This book examines the relevance of modern medicine and healthcare in shaping the lives of elderly persons and the practices and institutions of ageing societies. Combining individual and social dimensions, Planning Later Life discusses the ethical, social, and political consequences of increasing life expectancies and demographic change in the context of biomedicine and public health. By focusing on the field of biomedicine and healthcare, the authors engage readers in a dialogue on the ethical and social implications of recent trends in dementia research and care, advance healthcare planning, or the rise of anti-ageing medicine and prevention. Bringing together the largely separated debates of individualist bioethics on the one hand, and public health ethics on the other, the volume deliberately considers the entanglements of envisioning, evaluating, and controlling individual and societal futures. So far, the process of devising and exploring the various positive and negative visions and strategies related to later life has rarely been reflected systematically from a philosophical, sociological, and ethical point of view. As such, this book will be crucial to those working and studying in the life sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences, particularly in the areas of bioethics, social work, gerontology and aging studies, healthcare and social service, sociology, social policy, and geography and population studies.

Mark Schweda

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