Active aging: origins and modulation of subjectivity

Authors

  • Silvana Tótora Departamento de Política, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais (FCS/PUC-SP) e dos Programas de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Gerontologia e em Ciências Sociais, PUC-SP.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2017v20i1p239-258

Keywords:

Active Aging, Subjectivity, Foucault.

Abstract

This article discusses the collective statement of active aging, taking as reference the PAHO-WHO Program (2005) and its unfolding in the 2015 Report. I use Foucault and his analysis of the mechanisms of power. I highlight the origins of the statements of active aging. I use from this philosopher the concept of human capital. Finally, I emphasize the construction of a subjectivation mode based on ethics as the aesthetic of existence, in order to promote a shift from the active term attached to aging, to artist.

Keywords: Active Aging; Subjectivity; Foucault.

Author Biography

Silvana Tótora, Departamento de Política, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais (FCS/PUC-SP) e dos Programas de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Gerontologia e em Ciências Sociais, PUC-SP.

Silvana Tótora - Professora do Departamento de Política, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais (FCS/PUC-SP) e dos Programas de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Gerontologia e em Ciências Sociais, PUC-SP.

E-mail:  silvanatótora@gmail.com

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Published

2016-03-30

How to Cite

Tótora, S. (2016). Active aging: origins and modulation of subjectivity. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 20(1), 239–258. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2017v20i1p239-258

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Papers

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