The Ontology of Ageing
The Ontology of Ageing
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衰老的本体论
DOI：
10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a011386
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发表时间：
1998
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
N. Thompson
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作者：
N. Thompson
老年主义的意识形态把老年描绘成一个依赖和脱离的时期，一个从生活中退出的时期，而不是生活的一部分。虽然这可以被认为是对老龄化的一种陈规定型观念，但必须承认其影响是深刻和深远的。这就提出了一些关于老年的本体论地位的问题，也就是说，关于老年作为人类存在的一个特征的性质的问题。本文着重讨论老年本体论的两个特殊方面：自我和丧失。自我概念是近年来由于后现代主义批评而在社会理论中受到相当大关注的概念。然而，很少或根本没有注意到老年人自我的作用。老年可以被视为生命历程中的一个阶段，其特征是损失，或者更具体地说，各种损失。损失也是一个重要的因素，特别是与自我和本体论有关，特别是因为损失往往涉及意义的损失。
Ageist ideology presents old age as a time of dependency and disengagement, a withdrawal from life, rather than a part of life. While this can be recognized as a stereotypical view of ageing, its influence has to be acknowledged as profound and far-reaching. This raises a number of questions about the ontological status of old age—that is, questions about the nature of old age as a feature of human existence. This paper focuses on two particular aspects of the ontology of old age: selfhood and loss. The notion of self is one that has received considerable attention in social theory as a result of the postmodernist critique in recent years. However, little or no attention has been paid to the role of selfhood in old age. Old age can be seen as a stage in the life course characterized by loss or, more specifically, a variety of losses. Loss is also a significant factor in relation to selfhood in particular and ontology in general, especially as loss so often involves a loss of meaning.