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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783159703321

Autore

Durkheim Emile <1858-1917., >

Titolo

Suicide : a study in sociology / / Emile Durkheim ; translated by John A. Spaulding and George Simpson ; edited with an introductions by George Simpson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2002, c1951

ISBN

1-134-47022-3

1-134-47023-1

1-280-14859-4

0-203-99432-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (427 p.)

Collana

Routledge classics

Altri autori (Persone)

SimpsonGeorge <1908->

SpauldingJohn A

Disciplina

362.28

Soggetti

Sociological aspects

Suicide

Suicide-- Sociological aspects

Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

English edition first published 1952 by Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; Editor's Preface; Editor's Introduction; Preface; Introduction; BOOK I Extra Social Factors; 1 Suicide and Psychopathic States; 2 Suicide and Normal Psychological States; 3 Suicide and Cosmic Factors; 4 Imitation; BOOK II Social Causes and Social Types; 1 How to Determine Social Causes and Social Types; 2 Egoistic Suicide; 3 Egoistic Suicide  continued; 4 Altruistic Suicide; 5 Anomic Suicide; 6 Individual Forms of the Different Types of Suicide; BOOK III General Nature of Suicide as a Social Phenomenon; 1 The Social Element of Suicide

2 Relations of Suicide with Other Social Phenomena3 Practical Consequences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

There would be no need for sociology if everyone understood the social



frameworks within which we operate. That we do have a connection to the larger picture is largely thanks to the pioneering thinker EĢmile Durkheim. He recognized that, if anything can explain how we as individuals relate to society, then it is suicide: Why does it happen? What goes wrong? Why is it more common in some places than others? In seeking answers to these questions, Durkheim wrote a work that has fascinated, challenged and informed its readers for over a hundred years. Far-sighted and trail-blazing in its