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abf-156	Douglas, Cristina	Success is not all: When ‘failure’ becomes meaningful in late life	2019	4	.pdf	application/pdf	1584	47	34	‘Successful aging’ is understood here, as elsewhere in Lamb’s (2014) writings, to refer to a cultural- historical model of growing old, deeply ingrained in philosophical principles of individualistic personhood, bio-political ideologies of aging as a controllable process rather than a normal life stage, and neoliberal values of productivity in later life. Although intending to create a positive view of old age, the paradigm of successful aging ironically ends up, as some of the contributors argue, reinforcing ageist attitudes by “pursuing the goals of agelessness and avoiding oldness” (p. 7).	cache/abf-156.pdf	txt/abf-156.txt