나이 들어감(Aging)에 대한 인식적 전환

Abstract

This thesis was written for the purpose of preparing a kind of alternative for what kind of cognition about aging which one should have. In our society, there was a lot of interest in so-called anti-aging, corresponding with a pessimistic cognition to the aging phenomenon. In origin anti-aging was aimed at developing the health of the eldly, but in reality it becomes a way to look younger combined with filler or plastic sugery. This interest led to a form of mutual cooperation with the modern cultural aspect that valued images and collusion with capital. It is impossible to go against the natural phenomenon of aging. Therefore, it is necessary to change the cognition of aging. I suggest two proposals for this cognitive transition. What and how to do for well-aging. First, in order to achieve well-aging, one's own views on death must be established. Our lives end with death. So, when we establish the right view of death, our course of life becomes sound. And you have to build your own wisdom based on your understanding of death. Next, you must choose voluntary asylum, as Edward Said argued. This voluntary asylum is, in Nussbaum's terms, the completion of a self-narration. Well-aging is a necessary program to accept true old age in an aging society. The lives of members in comming society can be enriched only when our old life is not exhausted and but creative and productive. Therefore, I recommend the following for well-aging. Accept the fact that everyone is aging, defy the reputation that we must be aged in this way or that way.