Volume 21 (2024), Edition 3

This paper will address the following questions: What does ageism mean? What is problematic about ageism? What are the origins of ageism? Do older people feel discriminated against because of their age (or not)? How can we reduce ageism in society?

During the last years the situation of people of same sex orientation has become better. Nevertheless lesbians, gays, and bisexuals meet hostility in our society. It appears in prejudices and distorted pictures about them, pathologizing their sexual...

The internal and external enemies of aging are described and reflected using the term of tertiary narcissism, which J. Kipp had defined in 1992 as specific narcissism of old age. However, the destructive and autodestructive dimensions of this form...

In its changes, functional disorders, illnesses and – finally – death, the human body expresses an »intrinsic ageism«. A variety of interventions – from medication to implantation – can help to compensate for age related changes and...

Every person is vulnerable and exposed to violence in public, family and institutional areas. For older people, the fragility is significantly greater and the vulnerability is also higher than for younger people. If you want to understand violence...

The author describes age-hostile aspects of everyday architecture by stressing passive-aggressive tendencies. A psycho-historical classification and ways of change are shown.