Abstract

TAHULL-FORT, Joan. Centenaries. Between fullness and existential fragility. Rev. Int. Investig. Cienc. Soc. [online]. 2019, vol.15, n.2, pp.198-218. ISSN 2226-4000.  https://doi.org/10.18004/riics.2019.diciembre.198-218.

The present study describes, analyses and reflects on old age, more specifically centenarians. The old age has been raised too many times from a strictly monetary perspective. Their presence is considered negative in society. They are passive classes that only spend, like a bottomless pit, do not add up and do not contribute. Reflections are mainly made on costs and benefits.

Currently in western countries life expectancy has increased and many gerontologists say that in the coming decades a significant percentage will reach centenarians. Many manifest loneliness, frustration, anguish ... in the last years of life.

It is intended to address an anthropological research to analyse the identity of the elderly in postmodernity. Different interviews have been carried out on elderly people of different ages, numerical data on the evolution of the number of centenarians in Spain, Catalonia and more specifically in the province of Lleida.

Keywords : society; old people; identity and anguish.

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