The Meaning of Old Age in the Context of Postmodern Society
Research Article
How to Cite
Samygin S.I. The Meaning of Old Age in the Context of Postmodern Society. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2022. Vol. 11. No. 3. P. 16-29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2022.3.1 (in Russ.).
Abstract
Objective of the study is a socio-philosophical understanding of old age in modern and post-commercial societies, the marker of which is considered the age of pension provision.
The methodological basis of the research is built on the socio-philosophical discourse of old age, as part of personal gerontological identification, using the theoretical and methodological instrumentation of social synergetics.
Research results: the article presents the factors that form the status of the elderly, a retrospective analysis that reveals the attitude of society to old age is conducted, the role of the family in maintaining old age is shown. The factors of the uncertainty of an elderly person identity in the context of a post-commissary society are analyzed.
Prospects of the study. The reflective understanding of old age in a post-commissary society is associated with a further deep analysis of its personal-existentialist and socio-cultural patterns.
Keywords:
old age, aging, identity, post-modern society, family institution, post-modern culture, individualism, autonomy
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Gafiatulina, N.Kh., Shcherbakova, L.I., Samygin, S.I. (2020). Social health of Russian youth in the context of the theory of the individual's life path. Humanitarian, Socio-Economic and Social Sciences, 2, 36-41. (In Russian).
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Kleinenberg E. (2014). Life solo: The new social reality. Moscow: Alpina non-fiction Publ. (In Russian).
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Vlasova, V.N., Samygin, S.I., Samygin, P.S., Bortsov, Y.S., Aperyan, A.V. (2020). Family as a factor of social inequality in the context of the modern social policy. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1100, 554-564.
Article
Received: 24.03.2022
Accepted: 04.08.2022
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Samygin, S. I. (2022). The Meaning of Old Age in the Context of Postmodern Society. Humanities of the South of Russia, 11(3), 16-29. https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2022.3.1
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MODERN RUSSIAN SOCIETY
