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Only two species of mammal have a post-reproductive life that lasts
longer than their reproductive life: the killer whale, whose elders
are able to sniff out food supplies over vast oceanic distances to
keep their pods fed, and the Homo sapien. While the evolutionary
purpose of the killer whale's extensive life seems clear, what is
the point of ours? This was a question that intrigued psychoanalyst
Carl Jung, who observed that if a culture is to maintain its
deepest, profoundest roots while moving forward to embrace the
challenges of historical and technological change, it needs to find
an equilibrium between the energy, vigour and creativity of those
in the ego-driven first half of life and the experience, dignity
and wisdom of those in the second. But to make it to that second
half of life, we need to traverse the dreaded 'middle years', when
so many of us find ourselves discontent with our jobs, unhappy in
our relationships and lamenting our fetishized youths. Drawing on
history, psychology, science and literature, Jamieson shows just
how ubiquitous, and crucial, the 'midlife crisis' is, and the
devastating consequences for society at large if we continue to
regard it as something we can, and should, avoid.
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