Suicide

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A classic book about the phenomenon of suicide and its social causes written by one of the worlds most influential sociologists.

Emile Durkheims Suicide addresses the phenomenon of suicide and its social causes. Written by one of the worlds most influential sociologists, this classic argues that suicide primarily results from a lack of integration of the individual into society. Suicide provides readers with an understanding of the impetus for suicide and its psychological impact on the victim, family, and society.

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"Even for the psychoanalytically oriented reader this book holds more than merely historical interest. One cannot help being impressed by the wealth of knowledge and the perspicacity revealed in it, and there have certainly been few more compact presentations of socio-psychological problemsPsychoanalysts no less than sociologists will find the study of Durkheims book instructive and rewarding. The editor and translators are to be commended for making the work available in an excellent and remarkably lucid translation. Psychoanalytic Quarterly
"Durkheim's contribution was a very considerable one...No investigation of the subject can disregard his views."American Journal of Psychiatry

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Emile Durkheim (18581917) was a French sociologist who formally established the academic discipline and, with Karl Marx and Max Weber, is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science.