Terceira idade, subjetivação e biopolítica

Abstract

The article explores the historical emergence of “senior years” as a contemporary signifier and concept that has left behind the previous interpretation of the aging process in modernity. It addresses this vital shift that occurred in the history of the West from an interdisciplinary perspective that encompasses social, economic, political, and familial interpretations. Emphasizing forms of subjectivation found during the senior years, it offers a critical interpretation of theoretical writings in psychopathology and neurology and highlights the process of social exclusion suffered by the elderly in the historical context of modernity.