社会性死亡

社会性死亡（），簡稱社死，指的是人被社会忽視、孤立或隔離。像和齐格蒙·鲍曼等社會學家有用過此詞語，研究奴隸及納粹大屠殺的歷史學家也使用此一詞語來說明政府隔離和社會隔離在此過程中扮演的角色。以下是一些社会性死亡的例子：

種族和性別排斥、迫害、奴役以及種族隔離。
政府將一些人或是群體排除在社會之外，例如古雅典的陶片放逐制，罪犯、娼妓、法外之徒。
對患有精神疾病的人進行的及隔離。

可以說，「退化」（）病症理論以及類似的理論是最極端的社会性死亡的例子。這類退化的概念在左翼及右翼的政治群體中都有出現。不論左翼還是右翼的政治群體，會用「頹廢」（decadence）一詞來形容和他們在社會、道德、宗教、美學或政治立場上不同的人：對左翼而言，頹廢一詞是用來形容傾向抑制任何形式進步的右翼人士；對右翼而言，頹廢一詞是用來形容破壞社會基本秩序的左翼人士。

相關條目
 村八分
 绝罚
 流亡
 流放
 记录抹煞
 奴隶制度

註解

參考資料
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 Matelita Ragogo, Social Death Part of AIDS Tragedy, Says HIV-Positive Advocate , Agence France Presse, Sept. 9, 2002
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 Trish Williams, Death, Dying and Grieving , Losing Tom: A Documentary Film

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