Searching for active ageing's intellectual sources

Active ageing is more and more popular concept treated as medicine against expected problems of increasing proportions of the elderly. Active ageing approach has relatively short history because it was started in 1980. In particular intellectual climate. The paper is aimed at indicating genesis of t...

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Main Author: Piotr Szukalski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2015-08-01
Series:Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/foe/article/view/567
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spelling doaj-1371de227b3a4f6396cd3cf1a40c49232020-11-25T01:14:57ZengLodz University PressActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica0208-60182353-76632015-08-014315278Searching for active ageing's intellectual sourcesPiotr Szukalski0Katedra Socjologii Stosowanej i Pracy Socjalnej Instytut Socjologii Uniwersytet ŁódzkiActive ageing is more and more popular concept treated as medicine against expected problems of increasing proportions of the elderly. Active ageing approach has relatively short history because it was started in 1980. In particular intellectual climate. The paper is aimed at indicating genesis of the approach due to analysis how some ways of thinking popular in the second half of the 20thcentury affected the concept. Attention is paid to phenomenology, critical gerontology, neoliberalism, processual approach and future studies.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/foe/article/view/567active ageingsocial problem managementsocial policy
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Searching for active ageing's intellectual sources
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica
active ageing
social problem management
social policy
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title Searching for active ageing's intellectual sources
title_short Searching for active ageing's intellectual sources
title_full Searching for active ageing's intellectual sources
title_fullStr Searching for active ageing's intellectual sources
title_full_unstemmed Searching for active ageing's intellectual sources
title_sort searching for active ageing's intellectual sources
publisher Lodz University Press
series Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica
issn 0208-6018
2353-7663
publishDate 2015-08-01
description Active ageing is more and more popular concept treated as medicine against expected problems of increasing proportions of the elderly. Active ageing approach has relatively short history because it was started in 1980. In particular intellectual climate. The paper is aimed at indicating genesis of the approach due to analysis how some ways of thinking popular in the second half of the 20thcentury affected the concept. Attention is paid to phenomenology, critical gerontology, neoliberalism, processual approach and future studies.
topic active ageing
social problem management
social policy
url https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/foe/article/view/567
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