The semantics of addiction: Moving beyond expert models to lay understandings
The semantics of addiction: Moving beyond expert models to lay understandings
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DOI：
10.1080/02791072.1996.10472483
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发表时间：
1996-07-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Nichter, M
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作者：
Quintero, G;Nichter, M
五个关于成瘾的专家话语旨在解释成瘾语义学现象。然而，对外行公众迅速使用这一术语的评估显示，与成瘾有关的社会背景和文化介导的含义过多，通常不被专家模型考虑。成瘾的含义包括自我控制和个人责任的丧失，以及政治和道德含义，以及社会消费模式，规范行为的范围和限制以及异常行为的构成。成瘾这一类别与其他社会产生的类别（包括“毒品”和“欲望”）相互作用，并暗示着一个与特定的文化习俗有关的正在展开的历史。本文简要回顾了专家对成瘾含义的争论，并探讨了这个术语在流行话语和使用与身体成瘾有关的物质的人中如何使用的语义。此外，一些更有趣的理论问题，这一讨论带来了光突出显示，目的是确定未来的研究，将扩大成瘾研究的问题。
Five expert discourses on addiction purport to explain the phenomenon of the semantics of addiction. An assessment of the burgeoning use of this term by the lay public, however, reveals a plethora of socially contextualized and culturally mediated meanings related to addiction that are generally not considered by expert models. Addiction has meanings that index the loss of self-control and individual responsibility, as well as political and moral meanings and meanings that index social modes of consumption, the range and limits of normative behavior and the constitution of deviance. The category of addiction interacts with other socially produced categories, including ''drugs'' and ''desires,'' and implies an unfolding history linked to specific cultural conventions of what is proper. This paper briefly reviews expert debates over the meanings of addiction and explores the semantics of how this term is used in both popular discourse and among those who use substances associated with physical addiction. In addition, some of the more interesting theoretical issues this discussion brings to light are highlighted, with the intent to identify issues warranting future research that will broaden the study of addiction.