Social distance has been a topic of interest in sociology for more than a century before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whereas in the past it referred to the distance between groups in more recent times it signifies the space between individuals. The aspiration for safe space and personal boundaries in recent years indicated that social distancing has acquired an increasingly individuated and privatised form. This article suggests that the demand for safe space can be interpreted as a demand for a quarantine from psychic threats. This pre-existing demand for a quarantine from criticism and pressure has seamlessly meshed with the imperative of social distancing in the COVID-19 era.

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社交距离、安全空间和隔离需求。

在 COVID-19 大流行爆发之前的一个多世纪里，社会距离一直是社会学感兴趣的话题。而在过去它指的是群体之间的距离，而最近它表示个人之间的空间。近年来对安全空间和个人界限的渴望表明，社会疏离已经获得了越来越个性化和私有化的形式。本文认为，对安全空间的需求可以解释为对精神威胁的隔离需求。这种预先存在的对来自批评和压力的隔离的需求与 COVID-19 时代保持社交距离的必要性无缝衔接。