AMORTALITY: THE PLEASURES AND PERILS OF LIVING AGELESSLY

Book ID/图书代码： 04300011B44483

English Summary/英文概要： A timely, provocative book about the ageing revolution and the radical shift in how we perceive age and growing older.

The way we age and the way we perceive age has changed radically. As we embrace new experiences, relationships and gadgets, we barely stop to look at our watches let alone consider whether our behaviour is ’age appropriate’.

In this provocative and timely book, Catherine Mayer looks at the forces that created amortality - the term she coined to describe the phenomenon of living agelessly. As she follows this social epidemic through generations and across continents, she reveals its profound impact on society, our careers, our families and ourselves.
http://www.amortality.co.uk/

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 正在改變世界的十大觀念之一：「反老」

「什麼樣的年紀該作什麼的事」，這句話或許常聽到老一輩常用來掛在嘴邊試圖訓誡年輕人過於衝動，常做出不符合自己年齡的行為。但是似乎隨著老齡化問題的產生及針對「反老」（Amortality）的社會趨勢所產生的各種生活方式，讓年齡的意義及生命週期的規範有了重大的變革：適婚年齡不在是20-30歲，妳可以在50歲時領養小孩，年近60時再娶個小20歲的老婆；18歲不再只是求學的階段，更要想辦法賺進人生的第一桶金，應該盡早創業，勇於嘗試不同的冒險。不管這些追求青春永駐的人或早熟的人如何看待自己年齡及作為，作者只是想提醒我們，當我們在擁抱這些新的經驗、關係和新發明（特別是那些針對延緩老化），我們幾乎沒有停下來看看我們的手錶，想一想我們的行為是否與我們實際年齡相稱？真的年齡不再是問題嗎？(Vincent)

Awards/获奖情况：相關文章:

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/when-60-is-the-new-20-20110825-1jap5.html --the Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.amortality.co.uk/useruploads/FeelOld%20-%20Rachel%20Hills.pdf
http://mag.udn.com/mag/newsstand/storypage.jsp?f_MAIN_ID=438&f_SUB_ID=4529&f_ART_ID=313706
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2065156-1,00.html

Quotes:

"Brilliantly documents The End of Growing Up"---Oliver James

"Clever, witty and absorbing, Amortality is a much-needed anatomy of our profound malaise about ageing. Its charms will never fade."---David Baddiel

"A smart, entertaining and winningly astringent look at a very important topic."---William Gibson, Bestselling science-fiction author

"Mayer has most acutely struck a nerve. Extraordinarily revealing."---Jon Snow, Broadcaster

"This spooky sounding condition turns out to be very nice, I’m definitely hoping I’ve got it."---Matthew Collings, Artist and Cultural Commentator

Publishers of AMORTALITY: UK (Vermilion, Random House), Italy (Iacobelli), Lithuania (Media Incognito), Taiwan (Commonwealth Publishing Co.)

About the Author/作者介绍： Catherine is the London Bureau Chief for TIME magazine and has been a journalist for over 27 years specialising in current affairs and social trends. She is married and lives in London.
Catherine Mayer，時代雜誌倫敦分社的社長，擁有長達27年的記者採訪經驗，擅長挖掘報導時事、社會趨勢等議題。

Format:电子手稿

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