Purpose: Using Kristeva's theory of abjection, this article analyzes the psychosocial reality of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, advancing the understanding of exclusion and stigmatization as forms of social abjection Design/methodology/approach: The article applies abjection to understand how severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is both a medical emergency but also a cultural challenge The analysis is structured in three dimensions: (1) the transgressive potential of the virus, (2) forms of cultural coping with its threat and (3) the moral order of abjection Findings: The virus is an existential challenge to cultural boundaries and subjectivity Strategies to prevent its further spread (e g handwashing, “social distancing” and closing national borders) are thus culturally significant The virus triggers the processes of abjection, (re-)establishing challenged boundaries and exclusionary social hierarchies Collateral consequences of protective measures vary across regions and social groups, creating and exacerbating social inequalities Research limitations/implications: Practices of abjecting the virus go far beyond handwashing, masking, etc The virus, an invisible enemy to be expunged, is also a hybrid of threatening pathogen and human body;it is not the virus but people who experience exclusion, discrimination and disrespect Thus, cultural sociology must address the moral economy of abjection Social implications: As Kristeva insists, the abject threatens both the subject and the symbolic order Overcoming social abjection means recognizing and strengthening individual and community agency and requires understanding vulnerability as an anthropological condition, enacting caring relationships and acting in solidarity Originality/value: This article demonstrates that abjection is a suitable theoretical tool for analyzing the social dynamics of the COVID-19 crisis © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited

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病毒理论化：抛射和COVID-19大流行

目的：本文使用克里斯蒂娃（Kristeva）的排斥理论，分析了2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行的社会心理现实，增进了对排斥和污名化作为社会排斥形式的理解设计/方法/方法：本文运用排斥来理解急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）的严重程度既是医疗紧急事件，又是文化挑战。该分析分为三个维度：（1）病毒的侵袭潜能，（2）应对疾病的文化应对方式其威胁和（3）拒绝行为的道德顺序发现：病毒是对文化边界和主观性的生存挑战，旨在防止其进一步传播（例如洗手，因此，“社会隔离”和封闭国界在文化上具有重大意义。该病毒触发了排斥行为，（重新）建立了受挑战的边界和排他性的社会等级制度，保护措施的附带后果因地区和社会群体而异，造成并加剧了社会不平等现象。局限性/含义：禁止使用这种病毒的做法远不止洗手，掩盖等。该病毒是一种被清除的无形敌人，也是威胁性病原体和人体的混合物；它不是病毒，而是遭受排斥，歧视的人因此，文化社会学必须解决弃绝行为的道德经济学社会意义：正如克里斯蒂娃所坚持的那样，卑鄙既威胁主体，也威胁着象征秩序。克服社会卑鄙意味着承认并加强个人和社区代理，需要将脆弱性作为人类学条件来理解，建立关怀关系并团结一致地进行原创性/价值：本文证明了卑鄙是一种合适的理论分析COVID-19危机的社会动态的工具©2020，Emerald Publishing Limited