Seven psychology titles that explore why we are who we are

Sarah Butcher is an assistant marketing manager for Oxford University Press. At the OUP Blog she tagged "seven books about a range of issues within social psychology—identity, gender and sexuality, radicalism, social assumptions and biases—address just a few of the questions about who we are." One title on the list:

Old Man Country: My Search for Meaning Among the Elders Thomas R. Cole

Today, a 65-year-old man will more likely than not live to see his 85th birthday. What life looks like in a man’s ninth decade can be a daunting unknown. Thomas R. Cole spoke with a dozen prominent American men—including former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker and spiritual leader Ram Dass—to answer four questions about old age: am I still a man? Do I still matter? What is the meaning of my life? Am I loved?

Read about another entry on the list.

The Page 99 Test: Old Man Country.

--Marshal Zeringue