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Gutmann, David Leo was born on September 17, 1925 in New York City. Son of Isaac and Masha (Agronsky) Gutmann.
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Chronicling the evolution of David Gutmann’s cross-cultural, empirical studies on which his developmental theories of aging are based, this volume reveals how descriptions of the developmental sequences (as they show themselves in older men and women) lead to identification of the psychological forces that drive these processes across the years.This book of new and previously published work first reports on the research that buttressed this more hopeful view of aging as a period of growth and then sets forth the broad, unifying ideas that came out of the empirical work. These concepts include the theory of the “Parental Imperative”—the engine of human development in early and later adulthood; observations on the “gentling” of the older man and the increased assertiveness of the older woman; essays about the unique qualities of aging leaders and the special role of the aged as representatives of the community to its gods; and ideas about the evolutionary basis of the third age—aging as a human adaptation, a legitimate life stage, rather than the grim prelude to death.The last group of selections focuses on the clinical perspective, applying developmental insights to the psychological disorders of later life, ultimately leading to a more hopeful view of these conditions as well as more effective approaches to their treatment. Each section contains original commentary placing the material in the context of current research.This is a text for gerontologists, for all students of human development, and for all thoughtful readers who are concerned with the great themes of the human life cycle—including their own.
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(A unique feature of human development is that mothers and...)
A unique feature of human development is that mothers and fathers are bound to a long period of child-rearing, during which the continuity of our species depends on the fulfilment of distinct parental roles and on the suppression of psychological potentials that conflict with those roles. But once the "parental emergency" is over, the author argues, men and women can assert those parts of their personalities curbed by the restrictions of raising children. It is this shift in roles - a product of evolution found throughout our species - that led David Gutmann to propose a new psychology of ageing, based not on the threat of loss but on the promise of important new pleasures and capacities. Gutmann draws on his own anthropological and psychological research to demonstrate this passage into "normal androgyny" in traditional societies as well as our own. By showing the ways in which these personal transformations benefit the larger culture and humanity as a whole, he enlarges our understanding of the powerful possibilities of the third age. This first paperback edition includes a new preface and an afterword in which Gutmann describes additional findings and revisions in his thinking since the original publication.
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Gutmann, David Leo was born on September 17, 1925 in New York City. Son of Isaac and Masha (Agronsky) Gutmann.
Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1958.
Lecturer psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960-1962; professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1962-1976; professor, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1976-1997; professor emeritus, Northwestern University, Chicago, since 1998; chief of psychology, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1976-1981; director older adult program, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1978-1995. Visiting emeritus professor Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1997.
( Chronicling the evolution of David Gutmann’s cross-cult...)
(A unique feature of human development is that mothers and...)
(The four chapters contained in this book deal with the de...)
Served with United States Merchant Marine, 1943-1946. Fellow Gerontological Society American. Member American Veterans of Israel, National Association Scholars.
Married Joanna Redfield, August 18, 1951. Children: Stephanie, Ethan.