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Midlife: Multidisciplinary Theories, Thoughts and Issues book cover

1st Edition

Midlife Multidisciplinary Theories, Thoughts and Issues

Edited By Sanjukta Das, Nabamita Chakraborty Copyright 2025
272 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

272 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

272 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India
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This book is a rare and intriguing account of the midlife experience from a multidisciplinary perspective. It represents an insightful construal of midlife from the disciplines of philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, literature, sociology, and the fine arts.  This volume provides an in-depth understanding of the middle phase of human lives which is the transitional phase at which a crucial... Read more

PART I: FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF MIDLIFE

 

1. Midlife and the Life-span: An Overview

Sanjukta Das & Nabamita Chakraborty

 

2. An Overview of the Theoretical Perspectives in Middle Adulthood

Saranya Banerjee & Nabamita Chakraborty

 

3. Midlife from a Philosophical Perspective

Anup Dhar

 

4. Midlife from a Sociological Lenses

Mallarika Sarkar (Das) & Sritama Chaudhuri

 

5. Brain, Aging and Maturity in Middle Adulthood

Masroor Jahan & Ashish Silswal

 

PART II: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE INTRA AND INTERPERSONAL SPACES: SOME CRUCIAL INSIGHTS

 

6. Attachment, Intimacy & Close Relationships in Midlife

Poulomi Bhar, Sweta Sah & Subrata Dasgupta

 

7. Attachment in the Workspace and Midlife

Deepshikha Ray

 

8. Midlife & Parenthood

Rudrani Chatterjee & Zainab Ahmed

 

9. Spirituality & Midlife Transition

Deepshikha Ray & Sanjukta Das

 

 

PART III: CHALLENGES, COMMUNITY AND MIDLIFE

 

10. Crises & Challenges in Midlife

Papri Das & Sanjukta Das

 

11. COVID-19 & Midlife

Masroor Jahan, Amool R. Singh & Rahul Sharma

 

12. Conversations on Marginalization: Dovetailing Lived Experiences of Marginal Urban Groups of India

Ritwik Saha, Jayeeta Naskar & Anindita Chaudhuri

 

13. Community Intervention, Support & Wellbeing in Midlife

Rudrani Chatterjee & Rudra P. Goswami

 

 

PART IV: THE CREATIVE PORTRAYAL OF MIDLIFE

 

14. Midlife Transitions in Men and their Representations in Literature across Centuries

Sukanya Saha

 

15. Midlife, Stereotypes & Agencies in English Vinglish (2012), The Lunch Box (2013) & Three of Us (2022)

Subham Dutta & Nabamita Chakraborty

 

16. The Socio-Political Canvas of Middle Adulthood: An Analysis through Tagore’s Literary Lens

Tanaya Roy Chowdhury & Rudrani Chatterjee

 

17. Cinematherapy-A Sustainable Way to Overcome Midlife Woes in Women

Sukanya Saha

Biography

Sanjukta Das teaches at University of Calcutta, India.She is an eminent professor known for her vital contribution to the field of Psychology. She has research and teaching experience of more than 25 years in the area of Clinical Psychology, adult personal growth, midlife crisis, disturbed childhood, mental health crises and psychosocial intervention. Gradually her research focus has matured into multidisciplinary intervention approaches with emphasis on community service. Her work has been published at national and international levels.

Nabamita Chakrabortyteaches at Gokhale Memorial Girls’ College, India. Her doctoral research focused on psycho-socio-emotional growth and developmental outcomes of midlifers. Her research interests focus on life-span development and its multiple facets along with community mental health, wellbeing and positive psychology. As a researcher her work has been published at national and international levels.

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