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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1657-8031</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[El Ágora U.S.B.]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ágora U.S.B.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1657-8031</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de San Buenaventura]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1657-80312023000200661</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21500/16578031.6386</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Implicaciones de la prolongación de la vida en la vejez]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Implications of Life Prolongation in Old Age]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Robledo Marín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Arturo]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Orejuela Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jonny Javier]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fundacol  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad EAFIT  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>23</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>661</fpage>
<lpage>670</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1657-80312023000200661&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1657-80312023000200661&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1657-80312023000200661&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El actual desarrollo científico y tecnológico, que ha permitido aumentar el tiem po de vida en condiciones saludables, ha conducido a una reconfiguración de la vida y la vejez. Esto ha generado nuevas preguntas sobre el sentido de esa vida alargada en el tiempo. El artículo analiza cómo, a través del jovenismo y el consumismo, se ha entronizado el ideal de eterna juventud, denigrando la vejez, medicalizando la vida y creando una obsesión por la cosmética y la estética. En últimas, se evidencia que la búsqueda de la abolición de la vejez responde al intento de disolver la muerte.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The current scientific and technological development, which has made it possi ble to increase life span in healthy conditions, has led to a reconfiguration of life and old age. This has raised new questions about the meaning of this extend ed life. The article analyzes how, through youthfulness and consumerism, the ideal of eternal youth has been enthroned, by denigrating old age, medicalizing life, and creating an obsession with cosmetics and aesthetics. Ultimately, it is evident that the search for the abolition of old age responds to the attempt to dissolve death.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Vejez]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Muerte]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Consumismo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Longevidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Aging]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Old Age]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Death]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[and Longevity]]></kwd>
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