Notes for a radical gerontology.
The predominant theoretical perspectives in social gerontology reflect a normative bias toward adjustment of aging individuals to the society. This bias is reinforced through the methodological predelictions of most gerontologists. We outline the premises of a radical scholarship for gerontology which would provide an alternative, illustrating from selected works. A radical scholorship in gerontology would avoid the individualistic and adjustment biases, and would recognize that life in society is characterized by conflict, negotiation and compromise over politico-economic and other interests. Methodologically, it would seek to explicate the interests and aspirations of the aged in their own terms, and as relevant in the socio-historical context.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000639:trends*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D010415:Pensions