Czas subiektywnie odczuwany. Kiedy przychodzi starość?

Abstract

The concept of time can be conceived in different ways. Time is not a human conception, but mainly results from the natural rhythms of Nature. It always moves forward, and changes taking place over time are irreversible. Human life is also dependent to this law. But, in today’s post-modern societies there have been often the question: “When the time arrives, which is associated with older age?” Old age is a shadowy concept, hard to define unambiguously the time when it occurs. Old age is marked by often in society laden pejorative. Raises concerns of people there, where is a cult of youth, which concerns not merely the elderly but also young people. Interesting is how members in European country thinking about The end of youth, maturity and old age. Publication of Professor Dominic Abrams and Dr Melanie Vauclair from the University of Kent, who analysed data from quantitative research conducted in the European Social Survey show as how people recall about this phenomenon (often reflecting the functioning of stereotypes formed with respect to the age of the individual). At the same time children, youth overloaded accumulation of responsibilities imposed on them under the strategy focused on future advantages too early going into adulthood age. What is this individual and social consequences. These issues will discuss in this article. Key words: time, a subjectively perceived; old age; premature adulthood; changes of cultural patterns; social roles; cultural stereotypes. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/td.v10i0.1041