Abstract

MIER SOSA, Fernando. Social Violence towards Older Adults in Hypermodernity: Approach from Clinical Sociology. Psicol. Conoc. Soc. [online]. 2016, vol.6, n.2, pp.188-208. ISSN 1688-7026.

The problem addressed in this research is violence against Older Adults. Founded social violence based on prejudice and negative stereotypes. It works with the population of retired women of zonal community centers in Montevideo. We investigated whether the violence prevailing in the hypermodern society leaves out this age group. How, the pillars on which society is founded (the importance of image, aesthetics, hyperactivity, hyper-fast times, etc.) impact on their daily lives (Social, family and psychological). The research is aimed at critically reflect situations of social violence that older adults perceive, from the epistemological conception of Clinical Sociology. The life stories of each of the participants, in which the memory used to tell their experiences, will be one way of constructing identity, strengthening its identity process, collective identity and belonging to the age group.

Keywords : Violence; Older Adults; Clinical Sociology; Hypermodernity.

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