256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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‘Psychologists have mapped out developmental stages for the first fifteen to twenty years; but thereafter life is a blank. Half a century of adult life remains, psychologically speaking, an unchartered waste.’ Frank Musgrove focuses on the question ‘Can adults change?’ and challenges the still widely-held view that adult life is static.
Originally published in 1977, the author examines change... Read more
Author’s note. 1. Aspects of Change in Adult Life 2. Orientations to the Centre: Passing and Coming Out 3. Becoming a Parson: Change of Life-Plan and the Voice of God 4. Artists: Precarious Identities in Private Worlds 5. A Home for the Disabled: A Change of Tense 6. The World of the Blind: A Supernormality 7. The Homosexual as Stranger 8. Dervishes in Dorsetshire: Re-alignment with Reality 9. Demons and Devotees: Hare Krishna and the Transformation of Consciousness 10. Can Adults Really Change? Notes to Chapters. Index.
Biography
Frank Musgrove
