SOC246H1 : Historical Perspectives on Aging (i)
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veneration: an attitude toward the aged that emphasizes respect, honor, obligation, and deference; also, a feeling of religious awe and reverence that approaches a form of worship. (veneration in non-western cultures) the idea of veneration was borrowed by modernization theorists from non-western traditional cultures. ex) kirghiz: household head, called oey bashi, is the most senior male or female. 1 www. notesolution. com: oey bashi exercises complete authority over the household and represents its social relations with the community. veneration of the old is linked with confucian values: zi nurturance (parent child, xiao filial piety, absolute obedience (child parent, all elderly people, communist china (1949~) shifted responsibility for the aged from the family to the government. one child policy reduced the number of kin available to provide care to the elderly.
