by Jean-Pierre Bois · ISBN 9782213023007
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«Les vieux de Montaigne aux premières retraites» is the historical essay by Jean-Pierre Bois, published by Fayard in paperback, in French.
A historical survey of old age in Europe from the time of Montaigne to the first retirements. The author combines literature, art and politics to explain how older people went from being viewed with rejection or irony to becoming a social issue, with the arrival of geriatric medicine and the first pensions.
With a preface by Georges Minois. The work was originally published in 1989 and was republished by Fayard in 2018.
Suitable for readers of European social and cultural history, as well as for those studying representations of old age.
