King's College London, London, UK.
Soc Stud Sci. 2022 Aug;52(4):618-634. doi: 10.1177/03063127221096389. Epub 2022 May 29.
This article maps the rise and fall of the idea of a (social) group across medicine in the context of contemporary analyses in psychology and sociology. This history shows the early 20th century emergence and growth of group medicine, group therapy and group comparisons. In recent decades, however, the idea that groups constituted the basic units of society has been replaced with the emergence of populations and systems that offer a more virtual and abstract context for individual relationships. This has implications for explanation itself as the demise of groups has changed the epistemological ground-rules for understanding identity formation and social change.
本文通过心理学和社会学的当代分析，描绘了（社会）群体概念在医学领域的兴衰。这段历史展示了 20 世纪早期群体医学、群体治疗和群体比较的出现和发展。然而，近几十年来，群体构成社会基本单位的观念已经被取代，出现了更具虚拟和抽象性的人群和系统，为个体关系提供了更多的背景。这对解释本身产生了影响，因为群体的消亡改变了理解身份形成和社会变革的认识论基本规则。
