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ROBLEDO DIAZ, Luis. The paralogisms of old age. Estudios del Desarrollo Social [online]. 2016, vol.4, n.1, pp. 125-140. ISSN 2308-0132.

ABSTRACT: This article intends to reflect on the subject of aging, focusing on the methodological difficulties in their definition by age group; the various theories on aging developed in the social sciences; symbolic axis around which revolve speeches on aging; and paradoxes in which individuals find themselves socially classified as such and society itself, as nominated by the term of aging

Palavras-chave : aging; socials representations.