ROSA, Carlos Mendes; VERAS, Lana    ASSUNCAO, Alysson. Reflections of time: a reflection on aging nowadays. []. , 15, 3, pp.1027-1044. ISSN 1808-4281.

Reflections on how we deal with aging, the signs of passage of time and the notion of finitude, are put into scene in this article. Death has been treated with denial and avoidance in the modern Western society. The aging process, as his anteroom, is often associated with stereotypes of obsolescence, so that must be avoided or hidden. The repercussions of the mismatch between an immortal subjectivity and the aged body may be linked to experiences of suffering that doesn't find an ample place for expression and acceptance in a society crossed by the imperative of happiness, the spectacle, the cult of performance, the pathologizing and medicalization of sadness. The authors found - in the dialogue with literature, painting, sculpture and photography - the chance to think some of the senses of aging and finitude nowadays.

: time; aging; death; helplessness.

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