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Kübler-Ross's five-stage model of death and dying-denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance-is one of the most popular theoretical models to come out of the 20th century. How did an obscure theory of the dying process come to dominate our understanding of emotional processes altogether? Building on previous work in the sociology of knowledge, I analyze the diffusion and institutionalization of Kübler-Ross's five-stage model in scientific and journalistic fields. Specifically, I analyze all 3216 citations of Kübler-Ross in the New York Times and the Web of Science database using qualitative and quantitative text analysis. I demonstrate how early scientific interest and commercial promotion led to adoption in popular culture, and document how the five-stage model expanded to cover everything from rent prices to COVID-19. I also argue that renewed interest in Kübler-Ross's work may signal contemporary attempts to mine the tradition for meaningful understandings of death and dying.
k伯勒-罗斯关于死亡和临终的五阶段模型——否认、愤怒、讨价还价、抑郁和接受——是20世纪最流行的理论模型之一。一个关于死亡过程的模糊理论是如何完全支配我们对情感过程的理解的?在知识社会学先前工作的基础上,我分析了k勒-罗斯的五阶段模型在科学和新闻领域的传播和制度化。具体来说,我使用定性和定量文本分析分析了纽约时报和Web of Science数据库中k bler- ross的所有3216次引用。我展示了早期的科学兴趣和商业推广如何导致流行文化的采用,并记录了五阶段模型如何扩展到从租金价格到COVID-19的所有内容。我还认为,对伯勒-罗斯作品重新燃起的兴趣,可能标志着当代试图从传统中挖掘对死亡和临终的有意义理解。