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Social Meanings of Suicide
(Paperback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Social Meanings of Suicide
Contributors:
By (Author) Jack D. Douglas
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
19th May 2015
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Abnormal psychology
Neurology and clinical neurophysiology
Dewey:
362.28
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
414
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
567g
Description
This book presents a review and criticism of all sociological literature on suicide, from Emile Durkheim's influential Suicide (1897) to contemporary writings by sociologists who have patterned their own work on Durkheim's. Douglas points out fundamental weaknesses in the structural-functional study of suicide, and offers an alternative theoretical
