Paradoxes of Aging

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Aamna Tyagi

Abstract

The author examines the nature of aging, with its varying dimensions, through the psychodynamic lens. This paper also draws from a context-specific understanding of aging in India, which not only idealizes elderly care at home but also turns to the aged figures in the family for advice and crucial decisions. With references to art and literature, the author hypothesizes the multiplicity in aging, the particularity of pain in aged bodies, and contemplations orbiting the demarcations and similarities between aging and agedness.

Keywords:

aging process, asceticism, continuity, countertransference, family studies, idealization, Indian art, Khushwant Singh, object relations, psychoanalysis, psychodynamics, psychohistory, spirituality

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About the author

Aamna Tyagi

Aamna Tyagi, MA (Psychosocial Clinical Studies), is a PhD scholar in the Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, India. She is pursuing her doctoral studies related to aging and caregiving for the elderly, with a specific focus on the urban Indian context. Her research draws on her observations of women in her immediate and extended family, who are often relentless caregivers to the elders, and she uses the feminist psychodynamic lens as her theoretical framework. She may be contacted at .

How to cite this article

Tyagi, A. (2025). Paradoxes of aging. Clio’s Psyche, 32(4), 419-425.

https://doi.org/10.70763/c96e651946818e0787d6296f69549fe1