Cases that Change the Thought of Old Age in the Process of Modernization - The Elderly on the Edge of Social Life
Abstract
In a sense, the process of modernization is a process of social change. In this process, the family institution is one of the leading institutions. This change adversely affects the elderly who constitute the vulnerable, disadvantaged group. The problem of our study is to determine what causes aging in the modernization process. Individualization, industrialization and urbanization, change in family structure, increase of elderly population, loss of social values and so on reasons have made the elderly population more visible. These cases also revealed elderly problems.
The modern lifestyle that precedes the individual and shaped by the relationships of pleasure and interest has brought problems in the family. The idea of the individual to see himself / herself as independent from the authority, and the idea of building a self-sufficient and self-centered world weakened the relationship of the family with other individuals, causing the elderly to be perceived as redundancy and excluded.
Industrialization and urbanization highlighted the nuclear family type. The transformation of the family from the production unit to the consumption unit and the separation of the house and the workplace led the elderly to the edge of social life.
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Primary Language
Turkish
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Vehbi Ünal
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0000-0003-3827-6339
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 26, 2019
Submission Date
October 29, 2019
Acceptance Date
December 3, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 43 Number: 2