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A deepening involvement in life with others
— towards a philosophy of aging | | Author(s) | Jan Baars |
| Journal title | Research on Ageing and Social Policy, vol 1, no 1, July 2013 |
| Publisher | Hipatia Press, July 2013 |
| Pages | pp 6-26 |
| Source | http://doi.org/10.4471/rasp.2013.01 |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Life span ; Biological ageing ; At risk ; Well being ; Philosophy. |
| Annotation | Although many people are living longer and healthier than before and life expectancies have even more than doubled in the last 150 years, cultures of ageing have not kept up with these developments. On the contrary: in most Western countries, people are driven from the labour market at a younger age than was the case in the 1960s and they are labelled as 'aged' as soon as they reach age 50. Partly as a response to this early exclusion from normal adulthood, cultures of ageing have developed, which paradoxically define ageing well as "staying young". This article argues that contemporary developments in longevity ask for inspiring cultures of ageing which do not deny its vulnerabilities nor belittle its potentials. As unique lives are deepened in ageing, they may lead to inspiring cultures of aging which go beyond the dominant perspectives that emphasize either staying young or hopeless decline. (OFFPRINT.) (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160826239 A |
| Classmark | BG: BG6: BH: CA3: D:F:5HH: 4DP |
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