As an inspiring viewpoint about aging, it was considered how getting old can be paradoxically “Fresh and new-born” in the author's paper （Kubota, 2016）. In this paper, another aspect of old age, “Blank and Bleak” Imagined Scenery is considered that might be inevitable, although rarely noticed and often passed over.
To find the key of this theme, narratives of war experiences were considered. Listening to elderly people talk, images of war sometimes seem to be similar to experiences of getting old. It showed that old age is a war, and with this war experience a person comes to be a “warrior” again in the process of aging. It also showed that such warriors fight a “silent struggle” in daily life, from which “Fresh and new-born” Old Age can appear at times.
雑誌名
淑徳大学大学院総合福祉研究科研究紀要
雑誌名(英)
Shukutoku University Graduate School of Integrated Human and Social Welfare Studies bulletin
老いの「索漠」考
daigakuinfukushikenkyukiyo_024_043_058
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