@article{ART003331692},
author={Song in sil},
title={Reconstructing Dignity and Care in Old Age – A Relational Anthropology of Humanitude},
journal={탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities},
issn={2092-6081},
year={2026},
volume={19},
number={1},
pages={121-145},
doi={10.22901/trans.2026.19.1.121}
TY - JOUR
AU - Song in sil
TI - Reconstructing Dignity and Care in Old Age – A Relational Anthropology of Humanitude
JO - 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities
PY - 2026
VL - 19
IS - 1
PB - Ewha Institute for the Humanities: EIH
SP - 121
EP - 145
SN - 2092-6081
AB - In contemporary society, elder care has been organized around functional maintenance and risk management, a process that has reinforced the tendency to treat older adults as objects of administrative control. This study critically examines the limitations of this function-centered care discourse and theoretically explores a new care perspective centered on dignity. To this end, the study first analyzes how a function-centered view of the human person has been formed and structured within elder care discourse and institutional practice. Second, drawing on the work of Nussbaum, Taylor, Kitwood, and Tronto, dignity is reconceptualized as a value grounded in human existence itself while simultaneously experienced and confirmed through relational encounter. Third, the four pillars of Humanitude are interpreted as practical principles for enacting dignity within the everyday scenes of care. The study argues that the shift toward dignity-centered care is connected to concrete practical tasks—including the reform of care worker education and the redesign of long-term care assessment indicators—and that the quality of care must be expanded to encompass relational experience and the meaning of life.
KW - dignity;elderly care;Humanitude;person-centered care;super-aged society
DO - 10.22901/trans.2026.19.1.121
ER -
Song in sil. (2026). Reconstructing Dignity and Care in Old Age – A Relational Anthropology of Humanitude. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, 19(1), 121-145.
Song in sil. 2026, "Reconstructing Dignity and Care in Old Age – A Relational Anthropology of Humanitude", 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, vol.19, no.1 pp.121-145. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2026.19.1.121
Song in sil "Reconstructing Dignity and Care in Old Age – A Relational Anthropology of Humanitude" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 19.1 pp.121-145 (2026) : 121.
Song in sil. Reconstructing Dignity and Care in Old Age – A Relational Anthropology of Humanitude. 2026; 19(1), 121-145. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2026.19.1.121
Song in sil. "Reconstructing Dignity and Care in Old Age – A Relational Anthropology of Humanitude" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 19, no.1 (2026) : 121-145.doi: 10.22901/trans.2026.19.1.121
Song in sil. Reconstructing Dignity and Care in Old Age – A Relational Anthropology of Humanitude. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, 19(1), 121-145. doi: 10.22901/trans.2026.19.1.121
Song in sil. Reconstructing Dignity and Care in Old Age – A Relational Anthropology of Humanitude. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities. 2026; 19(1) 121-145. doi: 10.22901/trans.2026.19.1.121
Song in sil. Reconstructing Dignity and Care in Old Age – A Relational Anthropology of Humanitude. 2026; 19(1), 121-145. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2026.19.1.121
Song in sil. "Reconstructing Dignity and Care in Old Age – A Relational Anthropology of Humanitude" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 19, no.1 (2026) : 121-145.doi: 10.22901/trans.2026.19.1.121
