Envelhecer na ordem do capital: uma abordagem sobre violências a partir da realidade brasileira, de Minas Gerais e da cidade de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

The accelerated aging of the Brazilian population generated changes in habits and living conditions, but also altered the turbulent economic, social and political dynamics that are engendered in capitalist society. As a result, legal apparatuses were created to promote social consensus. However, under the aegis of capital, constant processes of visible violence are advancing, which we focus on in terms of financial and family violence, and also invisible and real violence against the elderly population, umbilically linked and originating from the capitalist system. Real violence that is overwhelmingly affecting the elderly population, which is the subject of this study. In this scenario, the present work focuses on a careful exploration of the social and economic conditions that affect the aging process, in order to identify the various forms of violence suffered by this portion of the population, emphasizing the fact that these forms are expressions of the capitalist and peripheral social structure that is itself violent against the working class in multiple aspects.