Ouder worden en de terugkeer van maatschappelijke ongelijkheid

Baars, Jan

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“…The extension of finitude to the different times in which we live and age is the essence of the perspective of finitization: its underlying idea is that the inevitability of change can inspire us to appreciate the uniqueness of persons and situations as they are emerging, changing and disappearing over time (Baars, 2002(Baars, , 2012. This perspective of finitization, of living a finite life in all situations and phases, is also meant as an affirmation of life, not only in its glorious moments but also when life is difficult.…”

Section: Aging As Finitization: a Deepening Of Unique Livesmentioning

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A Deepening Involvement in Life with Others. Towards a Philosophy of Aging

Baars

2013

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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 aging have not kept up with these developments. On the contrary: in most Western countries people are driven from the labor market at a younger age than was still the case in the 1960s and they are labeled as ‘aged ‘as soon as they have become 50 years old. Partly as a response to this early exclusion from normal adulthood, cultures of aging have developed which paradoxically define aging well as “staying young”. This article argues that contemporary developments in longevity ask for inspiring cultures of aging which do not deny its vulnerabilities nor belittle its potentials. As unique lives are deepened in aging, they may lead to inspiring cultures of aging which go beyond the dominant perspectives that emphasize either staying young or hopeless decline.

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Section: Aging As Finitization: a Deepening Of Unique Livesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Deepening Involvement in Life with Others. Towards a Philosophy of Aging

Baars

2013

RASP

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Ouder worden en de terugkeer van maatschappelijke ongelijkheid

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A Deepening Involvement in Life with Others. Towards a Philosophy of Aging

A Deepening Involvement in Life with Others. Towards a Philosophy of Aging

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