Abstract
Dansk abstract: Vi lever i et samfund, der i vid udstrækning værdsætter ungdommen og det ungdommelige, og som derved samtidig devaluerer alderdommen og de ældre. Vores sam-fund er i stigende grad blevet et samfund, hvor alderdommen anses som et problem og en byrde både for den enkelte og for samfundet. Dette udmønter sig i det, der i faglitteraturen ofte beskrives som ‘gerontofobi’ – en angst for, et ubehag ved og en afstandtagen til alder-dommen og de ældre. I denne artikel argumenteres der for, at denne gerontofobi er funderet på vores samtids stadig mere udbredte ‘thanatofobi’ – angsten for, ubehaget ved og en stigen-de afstandtagen til døden.
Engelsk abstract: We live in a society, which to a large extent valorizes youth and the youth-ful, and which simultaneously devalues old-age and the old. Our society is increasingly turn-ing into a society in which old-age is regarded as a problem and a burden – for the individual as well as for society as such. This materializes itself in what in academic literature is often described as ‘gerontophobia’ – the anxiety for, the apprehension about and the distance to-wards old-age and the old. In this article, the author argues that this gerontophobia is funda-mentally based on a more general contemporary ‘thanatophobia’ – the anxiety for, the appre-hension with and the distance towards death and dying.
Engelsk abstract: We live in a society, which to a large extent valorizes youth and the youth-ful, and which simultaneously devalues old-age and the old. Our society is increasingly turn-ing into a society in which old-age is regarded as a problem and a burden – for the individual as well as for society as such. This materializes itself in what in academic literature is often described as ‘gerontophobia’ – the anxiety for, the apprehension about and the distance to-wards old-age and the old. In this article, the author argues that this gerontophobia is funda-mentally based on a more general contemporary ‘thanatophobia’ – the anxiety for, the appre-hension with and the distance towards death and dying.
Originalsprog | Dansk |
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Tidsskrift | Omsorg |
Vol/bind | 30 |
Udgave nummer | 1 |
Sider (fra-til) | 25-32 |
Antal sider | 8 |
ISSN | 0800-7489 |
Status | Udgivet - 2013 |
Emneord
- Gerontofobi, aldring, alderdom, aldersdiskrimination, oplevelse, problem, ældrebyrde, ungdomsdyrkelse, narcissistisk kultur