1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778976803321

Autore

Shawcross John T.

Titolo

John Milton : the self and the world / / John T. Shawcross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1993

©1993

ISBN

0-8131-5791-9

0-8131-7014-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Studies in the English Renaissance

Disciplina

821/.4

Soggetti

Poets, English - Early modern, 1500-1700 - Psychology

Psychoanalysis and literature - England

Poetry - Psychological aspects

Self in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The Roots of  Being: Some Problems in Milton's Biography; 2. A Biographical and Literary Overview to 1645; 3. The Lady of  Christ's; 4. Decision to Become a  Poet; 5. Preparations; 6. The Left Hand and the Great Purpose; 7. Education as Means; 8. Covenant: Sacred and Profaned; 9. Moves toward the Great Purpose; 10. A Biographical and Literary Overview  to 1674; 11. Interferences of the Self; 12. The Personal World: Man and Woman; 13. Further Interferences of the Self; 14. The Political Dimension; 15. The Religious Precept; 16. The Bible

17. Milton and 1674Appendix A: The Commonplace Book; Appendix B: Languages in the Commonplace Book; Appendix C: Dating of the Plans; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The facts of John Milton's life are well documented, but what of the person Milton -- the man whose poetic and prose works have been deeply influential and are still the subject of opposing readings? John Shawcross's ""different"" biography depicts the man against a psychological backdrop that brings into relief who he was -- in his works and from his works.While the theories of Freud, Lacan, Kohut, and others underlie this pursuit of Milton's ""self,"" Jung and some of



his followers provide the basic understanding by which Shawcross places Milton in the panorama of history. His explorations o

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957575003321

Autore

Galasso Vincenzo <1967->

Titolo

The political future of social security in aging societies / / Vincenzo Galasso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006

ISBN

9786612097126

9781282097124

1282097121

9780262273374

0262273373

9781429421058

1429421053

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Disciplina

368.4/3

Soggetti

Social security

Social security - Forecasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1 - Introduction -- 2 - Crucial Features of the Social Security Debate: A Cross-country Analysis -- 3 - Theories of Welfare State Expansion and Retrenchment -- 4 - Assessing the Political Sustainability of Social Security Systems: A Theoretical Framework -- 5 - The Future of the Social Security System in France -- 6 - The Future of the Social Security System in Germany -- 7 - Political Sustainability and Reforms in Italy -- 8 - Political Sustainability and the Silent Reform in Spain -- 9 - Political Sustainability in a Redistributive System: The United Kingdom -- 10 - Political Sustainability in a Redistributive System: The United States -- 11 - Demographics, Political Sustainability, and Reform Options: A Cross-country Comparison -- Technical Appendix -- Data Appendix --



Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Doubts about the ability of industrialized countries to continue to provide a sufficient level of retirement benefits to a growing number of retirees has fueled much recent debate and inspired a variety of recommendations for reform. Few major reforms, however, have actually been implemented. In The Political Future of Social Security in Aging Societies, Vincenzo Galasso argues that the success of any reform proposals depends on political factors rather than economic theory. He offers a comparative analysis of the future political sustainability of social security in six countries with rapidly aging populations--France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Using a quantitative approach, he finds that an aging population has political as well as economic effects: an older electorate will put pressure on politicians and policy-makers to maintain or even increase benefits. Galasso evaluates how each country's different political constraints shape its social security system, considering such country-specific factors as the proportion of retirees in the population, the redistributive feature of each system, and the existing retirement policy in each country. He concludes that an aging population will lead to more pension spending; yet postponing retirement mitigates the impact of this, and may be the only politically viable alternative for social security reform.