苏珊桑塔格有一本文集叫《疾病的隐喻》,她在里面从社会学角度对疾病进行了分析。说实话,这本书我没怎么看懂,但是她提供了一种非常新颖的视角来看待疾病本身。比如她提到:“结核病通常被想象成一种贫困、匮乏的病……与此形成对照,癌症是中产阶级导致的病,一种与富裕、奢华相联系的病。”——这无疑是对疾病非常有趣的诠释。我从小患有哮喘,这种病给人带来最大的影响在于:你必须要抑制自己的情绪,任何激烈的情绪,比如放声大笑或者 Susan Sontag has a collection called “The Metaphor of Disease,” in which she analyzes the disease from a sociological point of view. To be honest, I did not understand much about this book, but she provided a very fresh perspective on the disease itself. For example, she said: “Tuberculosis is often conceived of as a poor, scarce disease ... In contrast to this, cancer is a disease caused by the middle class and a disease linked to affluence and luxury.” It is a very interesting interpretation of the disease. I grew up with asthma. The most important impact of this disease is that you have to suppress your emotions, any intense emotions such as laughing or