悲伤的新社会学
Emily Smith-Greenaway1, Ashton M Verdery2, Deborah Carr3
1Dean's Professor of Sociology & Professor of Sociology & Spatial Sciences, Department of Sociology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Annual review of sociology
|August 29, 2025
概括
在社会学中,人们越来越多地研究亲人的死亡. 新的研究认识到影响悲伤和社会不平等的结构性系统,
科学领域:
- 社会学
- 悲伤研究
- 死亡率研究
背景情况:
- 悲伤和死亡研究在历史上被社会学边缘化.
- 最近的死亡危机激发了社会学研究的显著增长.
- 早期的观点往往侧重于精神病理,而不是社会背景.
研究的目的:
- 综合最近的悲伤社会学的进展.
- 在该领域的历史中对新社会学贡献进行背景化.
- 突出结构系统和社会不平等在丧生中的作用.
主要方法:
- 关于悲伤的社会学研究的文献审查和综合.
- 从心理病理学转向社会学观点的分析.
- 研究影响丧亲结果的结构因素.
主要成果:
- 现在社会学研究已经认识到, 丧失对个人, 家庭和社区造成影响的结构系统.
- 悲伤的经历可以作为了解社会不平等的镜头.
- 一个生命过程的视角提供了一个整合性的框架,
结论:
- 悲伤的社会学已经有了显著的进步,
- 了解悲伤需要检查社会结构,不平等和生活轨迹.
- 未来的研究应该继续探索这些整合性框架,
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